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. Reference page. 
• 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 In: Roskovh, 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 08. Reference page. 
• 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cannabis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 08 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cannabis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Aug. 2019.

Vernacular names

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