Characteristics
Dicots
Cannabis sativa L.
HEMP; MARIJUANA
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The genus Cannabis is here treated as containing one extant polymorphic species (Small & Cronquist 1976; Small 2015). Cannabis is part of the FDA Schedule I. This plant and its prenylated polyketides, THC and cannabidiol, are a subject of interest for their effects on some forms of epilepsy, Tourette syndrome, and other conditions.
Not Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
CANNABIS SATIVA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1027. 1753.
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Without data, cult. in Holland, Hort. Cliffort. 457 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Stearn, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 333. 1974.
Species Distribution Map
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Specimens and Distribution
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