:one: Since seeds of ginkgo are not protected by an ovary wall, it can be considered a gymnosperm. The apricot-like parts produced by female ginkgo trees are not fruits.
:two: Ginkgo biloba is a fossil that is alive, with fossils recognizably related to modern ginkgo from the early Permian, with the likely oldest record being that of Trichopitys from the earliest Permian of France, over 290 million years old. The nearest relatives of the clade are the cycads, which share with the extant G. biloba the characteristic of motile sperm.
:three: Although Ginkgo biloba and other species of the genus were once widespread throughout the world, its range shrank and by two million years ago, it was restricted to a small area of China.