Taxonavigation

Familia: Cannabaceae
Genus: Cannabis
Species: C. sativa

Name

Cannabis L., 1753

• Monotypic taxon C. sativa is possibly now the only recognised "natural" species with perhaps three subspecies or more likely varieties and numerous named cultivars and unnamed cultivated variants (Small, 2015 & McPartland, 2018).

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus II: 1027.
• McPartland, J.M. 2018. Cannabis systematics at the levels of family, genus, and species. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research 3(1): 203-212. DOI: 10.1089/can.2018.0039
• Small, E. 2015. Evolution and classification of Cannabis sativa (marijuana, hemp) in relation to human utilization. The Botanical Review 81(3): 189-294. DOI: 10.1007/s12229-015-9157-3

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cannabis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 08.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cannabis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 08.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cannabis. Published online. Accessed Aug. 08 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cannabis . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 08.

Vernacular names

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