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biodiversity explorer

the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Gymnospermae (gymnosperms)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants)

Cycadophyta  (cycads)

Ginkgophyta

The only extant species is Ginkgo biloba in the Ginkgoaceae.

Ginkgo biloba

Coniferophyta  (cypresses, pines, yellowwoods, welwitschia)