I have to take this opportunity to thank especially to the many collaborators; friends, acquaintances, many state and private institutions, associations ... without which it would be impossible to make this work. Special thanks to all those good people and institutions who have often without a lot of questions allowed the use of their data and illustrations even they did not even know me (and do not want special thanks), but they believed and what was most important to them, that their information and materials would contribute to better and clearer presentation and knowledge of these specific plants.
Special Thanks:
Mr. Zhi-Yan Zhou, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, and Department of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Mrs. Elvira Koić, General Hospital Virovitica, Head of psychiatry, Virovitica, etc., Croatia.
Mr. Hubert Steed, New York, NY, 1 Washington Square Village Apt. 9A, USA.
Mr. Kaori Yamamoto & Kawasaki Midori Kenkyuusyo, Kawasaki Green Investigation, Japan.
Mrs. Laura M. Ferguson, Scientific Equipment Group, Olympus America Inc. Market Strategy and Olympus America Inc., USA.
Mrs. Blanka Capić, Lekenik, Croatia & web site www.pijanitvor.com
Mr. Marijan Begović, Pitomača, Croatia (Foto-video Begović).
Mr. Zsolt Mesterhazy, Member of ACS as „The Mesterhazy Pinetum” 1082 Budapest, Baross utca 109. I. 6., Hungary.
Mr. Eric Clark & National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, The Florida State University, USA.
Mr. Lu Lav, Taiwan, China.
Mr. Josip Barišić, Zagreb, Croatia.
Mrs. Katie Archer, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Mr. Daniel Kraly, Nürnberg, Germany.
Mr. Pavel Hrubík, Slovak College of Agriculture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Department of Green Biotechnics, Nitra, Slovakia.
Mrs. Katarína Ražná, Dept. of Plant Physiology, Fac. Of Agronomy, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, Slovakia.
Mr. Peter Del Tredici, Senior Research Scientist Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Boston - Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA.
Mr. Rade Rakić, Croatian Forests of Croatia, Head of botanical nursery (Hrvatske šume), Križevci, Croatia.
Mr. Tomislav Jakupec, Croatian Forests of Croatia, Head of botanical nursery (Hrvatske šume), Pitomača, Croatia.
Mr. Roger D. Magarey, Senior Researcher, North Carolina State University and Cooperator with USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-PERAL 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA.
Mr. Edwin Smits (”coniferjoy”), Boomkwekerij Edwin Smits, Volkel, Netherlands.
Mr. Antony Williams & Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. www.chemspider.com.
Shane Kelley/Kelley Graphics, USA.,Kelley Graphics, 14902 Kamputa Dr., Centreville, VA 20120, USA.
Mr. Christian Lappen (Pflanzenhandel Lappen Inh. Christian Lappen e.K.), Nettetal, Germany.
Mr. David and Mrs. Chantal Bömer, Boomkwekerij Biloba v.o.f., Vagevuurstraat 6a 4882 NK Zundert, Netherlands.
Mr. Ender Stewart, Arrowhead Alpine, Fowlerville, Michigan, USA.
Mr. Stephen Grubb (”bluespruce53”), Foxhollow Garden, Old Sandpit Lane, Beacon Hill, Poole, Dorset, England, UK.
Mr. Harold Greer, Greer Gardens, Inc. 1280 Goodpasture Island Road, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Mr. Dirk and Cor van Gelderen, PlantenTuin Esveld, Rijneveld 72, 2771 XS Boskoop, Netherlands.
Mr. Lloyd Gross (”fotoproze”), 310 Victoria Avenue #402, Westmount, QC, Canada.
Mr. Darko Domitrović - Miki, Pitomača, Croatia.
Mr. Dusan Hòrak, HORÁKOVY ŠKOLKY, BYSTŘICE pod Hostýnem, Czech Republik.
Yima City & Yima Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd., Henan Yima City, China.
Mr. Gert Fortgens & Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum, Honingerdijk 86, 3062 NX Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Mrs. Tatyana Shulkina, Associate Curator, Former Soviet Union (the Caucasus) Projects Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA.
Mr. Bruce Jordan, Big Plant Nursery, Hole Street, West Sussex RH20 3DE, Ashington, England, UK.
Mr. Vladimir Ondejcik - Bonsai centrum Nitra & Tea House of Good People, Pri synagoge 3, Nitra, Slovakia. www.e-bonsai.eu, www.e-tea.eu, www.bonsai-slovakia.sk, www.bonsajacaj.sk.
Mrs. Katerina Sloupenska and Domov pod hradem Žampach, Žampach Ch Republic. č.p.1, 564 01 Žamberk (and Dir. Mr. Luděk Grätz), Czech Republic.
Mr. Lester Kallus, the president of The International Aroid Society, PO BOX 43-1853, South Miami, FL 33143, USA.
Mr. Marcin Krakowiak, Poland.
Family Štefanović, Daruvar, Croatia.
Mr. Vanja N. Stamenković, Botanical Garden Zagreb, Croatia.
Mr. R. Oreški, Varaždin, Croatia.
Mrs. Ivana Simić, Beograd, Serbia.
Mrs. Irene Franseda, Singapure.
Mr. Ivan Rešetar, “Četinjače Rešetar 1977.”, Đurđevac, Croatia.
Yima Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd., Henan Yima City, China.
Mr. Ivica Stožicki, Croatian Forests of Croatia, Head of botanical nursery (Hrvatske šume), Kutina, Croatia.
Mr. Masahiro Hayata ("Mr.Hayata" or "mrhayata"), Tokyo, Japan.
Mr. Marijan Jergović, Pitomača, Croatia.
Mr. Mirko Klinžić, Pitomača-Zagreb, Croatia.
Mrs. Gordana Sekulić, Daruvar, Croatia.
Mrs. Lidia Asl, Veli Lošinj, Croatia.
Mr. Chris Backe, Seoul, South Korea.
Mr. Vincent Mauritz, Netherlands.
Mr. Mladen Tudić, P. Sesvete, Croatia.
Mr. Zhou Peng & web site www.zszs.cn, China.
Mr. Yuming Xie, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gradulate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Tsinghua L building room 112, University Town of Shenzhen, Nanshan District Shenzhen, China.
Mr. J. Iwan, Paris, France & www.jholm4525.wordpress.com.
Mr. “naoK”, Tokyo, Japan.
Mr. Feng Changping, China & Chanchun Ginkgo Co LTD, China.
Mr. Dalibor Rohlik & City Administration Daruvar, Croatia.
Mr. Mark Derowitsch, The Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410, USA.
Mr. Orlóci László, (ELTE Botanical Garden), www.fuveszkert.org H-1083 Budapest, Illés u. 25. Hungary.
Mr. Daniel Wieczorek, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, Japan (www.danwiz.com).
Mr. Todd Schaner („dybbuk“), Chicago, IL, USA (Dave's Garden).
Mr. Hans Arne Nakrem, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Pb.1172 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Norway (www.nhm.uio.no & www.folk.uio.no/hanakrem).
Sir Peter Crane, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Mr. John Mackay, Creation Research (www.creationresearch.net/research/Jurassic-Ark-Project1.htm), Australia.
Mrs. Vanlommel Ingrid & Bonsai Center Ginkgo, 9270 Laarne - Belgium, www.ginkgobonsai.be
Mr. Paul Goff, Bonsai Center Ginkgo, 9270 Laarne - Belgium, www.ginkgobonsai.be
Studio SHIFT Chihiro Suzuki Photo Office: 803Takashimadaira Gloria Heights, 1-82-1 Takashimadaira, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Mr. Yong Yi Zhen, Acting Collection Manager, Palaeontology & Australian Museum, 6 College Street Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Mrs. Katarina Loso and Yvonne Arremo - Department of Palaeobotany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mr. Dominic Sedgwick, Northbrook Road, London, England, UK.
Mr Mark P. Widrlechner, Ph.D. USDA-ARS Horticulturist, North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1170, USA.
Mr. Les Park, Virginia, USA, http://www.atidewatergardener.blogspot.com.
Mr. Matt Opel, University of Connecticut, USA.
Mr. John H. Wiersema, Ph.D., Curator of GRIN Taxonomy (www.ars-grin.gov), United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Bldg. 003, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC-West), Beltsville, USA.
Mr. Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu, Japan. www.qir.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Mr. Li Shi-mei, Li Bao-jin, Xing Shi-yan & Wang Fang, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China. Mr. Mattia Nicoli („icefenix“), Italia.
Mr. Jing-Xi Wang and Hong-Sheng Li & Linyi (Tancheng) Association for Science & Technology, China, www.lyast.org.cn.
Mr. Christian Scheuer, Karl-Franzens-University, Institute of Plant Sciences (Dept. of Systematic Botany & Geobotany), Holteigasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
Mrs. Nancy Rose, Editor, Arnoldia, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130, USA. The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, www.arboretum.harvard.edu, USA.
Family Pernarich, Belgium.
Mr. Ivan Derežić - Bazara, Pitomača, Croatia.
Mr. Tim Copeland, USA.
Mr. Roger Perkins & The Virtual Fossil Museum, www. fossilmuseum.net.
Mr. Zhou Xiaolin, China & www.youduo.com.
Mr. Tony Kirkham, Head of the Arboretum, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, England, UK.
Mr. Kim D. Coder, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Mr. David Mitchell, USGS/BIP, ITIS Data Specialist, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA.
Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery, Inc. Woodstock, IL, USA www.richsfoxwillowpines.com.
Mrs. Afsana Rashid Bhat, Global Press Institute, Kashmir, India.
Mr. Ben Sherwood & The Linnean Society of London, London, UK www.linnean.org.
Mr. Yin Kaipu, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sichuan, China.
Mrs. Yoko Takemoto, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Mr. Aaron H. Bynum, AUF, ISA, Editiorial & Production. IL, USA.
Mr. Charles H. Michler & R. P. Karrfalt, USDA Forest Service, USA.
Mr. Darko Mađar, Croatia.
Mrs. Yabette Alfaro (Swankety Swank), San Francisco, www.swanketyswank.com, USA.
Mr. Charles Swinford, USA.
Mrs. Ivona Pankaz, Croatia.
Mr. Fernando Nogal, Museu da Lourinhã (GEAL), Portugal www.museulourinha.org.
Mr. Paul Gordon, USA www.pauloutwest.com, www.pauloutwest.wordpress.com.
Mr. Jan Purkrábek, Czech Republic www.proginkgo.org.
Mr. Michael Pop, Kentucky, USA www.louisvillefossils.blogspot.com.
Tancheng Xinsheng Ginkgo Co., Ltd , Locus of Xincun Government, China www.ginkgohometown.com.
Mrs. Jeanine M. Davis, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Dept. of Horticultural Science, NC State University, USA www.ncherb.org, www.ncspecialtycrops.org, www.ncorganic.org, www.ncalternativecropsandorganics.blogspot.com.
Mr. David Petersen & Mandy Conti, Japan.
Mrs. Lyn Stoll, USA www.lynstoll.com.
Mr. Eric Walravens, Athénée Fernand Blum, Belgium www.afblum.be.
Mrs. Carla Resnick, California, USA http://permacal.blogspot.com.
Mr. Aleksandar Novak, Croatia.
Mr. Qin Gang, China.
Heredity, Nature - www.nature.com, Department of Agriculture - USA, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University - USA, University of Georgia - USA, North Carolina State University - USA, Journal of Arboriculture - USA, Acta Genetica Sinica - USA, www.cn-ginkgo.com.cn - China, Kew Gardens - London, UK, Pasadena Beautiful Foundation, California - USA.
Mrs. Christine Mytko, www.mytko.org, California, USA.
Mrs. Joan and Mr. Lex Lane, Illionis, USA www.habitathome.blogspot.com.
Mrs. Sue Capon (Prince Edward County News), UK www.countylive.ca.
Mr. Shouta Azumi (or “Bachstelze”), Japan.
Mr. Macha531, Japan.
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.