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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cannabis

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cannabis

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Urticanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 237. 1992.       Ordo  Urticales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 15. 1829.       Familia  Cannabaceae Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 286. Oct 1837. common name: Hemps       Subfamilia  Cannaboideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 397. Jan-Jun 1833.       Tribus  Cannabeae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 24. 1827.       Genus  Cannabis L. pub. (1753) common name: hemp

Named members of the Genus Cannabis

1	Species  indica Lam. syn. Cannabis sativa ssp. indica
2	Species  sativa L. common name: hemp, huo ma ren  (Chinese), marijuana
	3    Subspecies  indica (Lam.) E. Small & Cronq. common name: marijuana 4    Subspecies  sativa common name: marijuana, marijuana   5    Varietas  sativa common name: marijuana, marijuana 6    Varietas  spontanea Vavilov common name: marijuana, marijuana

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.