Taxon: Cannabis sativa L.
Genus: Cannabis
Family: Cannabaceae.
Nomen number: 8862
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1027. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 06-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-May-2011
No species priority site assigned.
NO ACCESSIONS IN
NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A STATE NOXIOUS WEED
- A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious
weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links
to state information or web documents:
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IL*, IN*, MN*°, MO*, ND°, PA*, WV*.
| ªAquatic.
| *Terrestrial.
| °In seed.
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- Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:
- hemp (Source: BSBI
) – English
- hemp (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2
) – English [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- hemp (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa]
- Indian hemp (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- marihuana (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- dama (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese
- chènevis chanvre (Source: L Noms French ed7
) – French
- chanvre (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French [Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa]
- chanvre d'Inde (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- chanvre indien (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- Hanf (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa]
- Haschisch (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- indischer Hanf (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- bhang (Source: Websters Dict
) – India [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- ganja (Source: Websters Dict
) – India [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- canapa (Source: Mult Glossary Crops
) – Italian
- asa (Source: F Japan
) – Japanese Rōmaji
- sam (Source: Kulturpflanze
34:87.) – Transcribed Korean
- cânhamo (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese [Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa]
- maconha (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- cáñamo (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa]
- grifa (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- hachís (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- mariguana (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- marijuana (Source: Hortus 3
) – Spanish (Mexico) [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- hampa (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish
- indisk hampa (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish [Cannabis sativa subsp. indica]
- More:
- More:
Naturalized:
Cultivated:
Other: - probable origin s.-c. Asia
- Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds.
Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
- Demilly, D. et al.
2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
- Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto.
Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
- International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
- Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993–. Flora of Japan.
- Kala, C. P. et al.
2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India.
Biodivers. & Conservation
13:459.
- Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants.
Kulturpflanze
34:87.
- Munro, D. B.
Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
- Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Small, E. & A. Cronquist.
1976. A practical and natural taxonomy for Cannabis.
Taxon
25:405–435.
- Small, E. et al.
2003. The biology of Canadian weeds. 119. Cannabis sativa L.
Canad. J. Pl. Sci.
83:217–237.
- Smith, R. J.
Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
- Vibrans, H., ed.
Malezas de México (on-line resource).
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Cannabis sativa L.:
- Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
- Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
- ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
- Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed
citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Images:
- Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
- Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
- Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
- Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
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