<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><em><strong>Ginkgo biloba</strong></em> is the only representative of the order of Ginkgoales,<br />a group of <strong><em>gymnosperms</em></strong> composed by the family <strong><em>Ginkgoaceae</em></strong><br />which would go back to 270 million years is in the Permian'period.<br />Dinosaurs (213 million years) thus knew these trees very well. <br /><strong>This one at the Dinglin Temple is thought to be 3500 years old.</strong></span></p>