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6 unusual facts about Ginkgo


Antagon TheaterAKTion

The new production named Ginkgo tries to tell spectators that human being can flourish in adversity.

Geology of Antarctica

Ginkgo trees and cycads were plentiful during this period, as were reptiles such as Lystrosaurus.

Ginkgo

Given the slow pace of evolution and morphological similarity between members of the genus, there may have been only one or two species existing in the Northern Hemisphere through the entirety of the Cenozoic: present-day G. biloba (including G. adiantoides) and G. gardneri from the Palaeocene of Scotland.

It declined in diversity as the Cretaceous progressed with the extinction of species such as Ginkgo huolinhensis, and by the Palaeocene, only a few Ginkgo species, Ginkgo cranei and Ginkgo adiantoides, remained in the Northern Hemisphere, while a markedly different (and poorly documented) form persisted in the Southern Hemisphere.

Glossary of woodworking

Softwood - wood from a gymnosperm tree, i.e. trees in the divisions Pinophyta and Ginkgophyta Despite the name, not necessarily very soft or light wood (e.g. douglas-fir is a softwood).

Taixing

It has a history of more than one thousand years and it has been named as Home of Ginkgo, Home of Construction, and Home of Education.


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Bilobalide, a terpenic trilactone present in Ginkgo biloba

Celephaïs

Nearby rises snow-capped Mount Aran, whose lower slopes are replete with ginkgo trees.

Château Trpísty

The large formal garden was landscaped in the English style in the 19th century and contains today a rich collection of rare trees, among them a 19th century female Ginkgo tree.

Douhua

It is usually served either with a clear sweet syrup alone, with ginkgo seeds suspended in the syrup, or in a sugar syrup infused with pandan.

Gingo biloba

Goethe sent Marianne von Willemer (1784-1860), the wife of the Frankfurt banker Johann Jakob von Willemer (1760-1838), a Ginkgo leaf as a symbol of friendship and on September 15, 1815 he read his draft of the poem to her and friends.

Ginkgo cranei

The chosen specific name cranei was in honor of Sir Peter Crane who, with Steven Manchester and David Dilcher, first discovered the Almont Ginkgo fossils.

Ladd Arboretum

The first tree, a ginkgo, was planted by the Evanston Review in the memory of Edward Rixon Ladd (1883–1956), its founder, publisher, and editor.

Lu Guimeng

Two tall ginkgo trees were handplanted by him, still standing today.

Vach

A special feature is the Ginkgo in the garden of the rectory, which is not open to the public.


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