DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -ginkgo, (Ginkgo biloba), also called maidenhair tree, deciduous gymnosperm tree (family Ginkgoaceae), native to China. Ginkgo has been planted since ancient times in Chinese and Japanese temple gardens and is now valued in many parts of the world as a fungus-and insect-resistant ornamental tree.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ginkgo is a long-lived, woody, deciduous, prehistoric tree in the Ginkgoaceae (ginkgo) family. It is native to south-central and southeast China and is often called a living fossil because the ginkgo has existed for hundreds of millions of years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gymnosperms are seed-bearing vascular plants, such as cycads, ginkgo, yews and conifers, in which the ovules or seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. The word “gymnosperm” comes from the Greek word gymnospermos, meaning “naked seeds".

Detailed explanation-4: -Cycas. Pinus. Araucaria. Thuja. Cedrus. Picea. Abies. Juniperus. More items