Gingko / Maidenhair tree
Ginkgo biloba L. [Ginkgoaceae]
This family has one genus and one species in the world.
Icho (イチョウ, 銀杏/公孫樹)
Life form: deciduous tree
Distribution: originally in China (transplanted to verious regions where mean annual temperature range 0 to 20°C and annual precipitation is from 500 mm to 2000 mm)
Varieties
Ginkgo biloba L. (イチョウ)
- var. epiphylla Makino (オハツキイチョウ)
- var. laciniata Hort. (キレハイチョウ)
- var. pendula Hort. (シダレイチョウ)
- var. variegata Henry (フイリイチョウ)
Ginkgo biloba in Hokkaido
[Top/Left] a streed made by G. biloba. [Top/Right] shoots. [Bottom/Left] bark (and sprouts). [Bottom/Right] close-up of leaf. [T/L, T/R and B/L] at Icho Street (N12) in the campus of Hokkaido University on September 10 2010. [B/R] at an arboretum in Teshio Experimental Forset, HU, on September 13 2010.
Morphology of Ginkgo biloba
Fig. 1. female flower, 2. female flower (partial), 3. male flower, 4. leaf
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Fig. 2. Reproductive organs and tissues on G. biloba |
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On June 7 1983 (by ST).
References
- Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系)