Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous flowering plant. The species was first classified by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[1] The specific epithet sativa means 'cultivated'. Indigenous to Eastern Asia, the plant is now of cosmopolitan distribution due to widespread cultivation.[2] It has been cultivated throughout recorded history and used as a source of industrial fiber, seed oil, food, and medicine. It is also used as a recreational drug and for religious and spiritual purposes.
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Cannabis sativa |
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Female Cannabis sativa, recreational/medicinal marijuana |
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Plantae |
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Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
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Rosids |
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Rosales |
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Cannabaceae |
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Cannabis |
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C. sativa |
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Cannabis sativa
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- Cannabis americana Pharm. ex Wehmer
- Cannabis chinensis Delile
- Cannabis erratica Siev.
- Cannabis foetens Gilib.
- Cannabis generalis E.H.L.Krause
- Cannabis gigantea Delile ex Vilm.
- Cannabis indica Lam.
- Cannabis indica f. afghanica Vavilov
- Cannabis indica var. afghanica Vavilov
- Cannabis indica var. kafiristanica Vavilov
- Cannabis intersita Soják
- Cannabis kafiristanica (Vavilov) Chrtek
- Cannabis lupulus Scop.
- Cannabis macrosperma Stokes
- Cannabis ruderalis Janisch.
- Cannabis sativa var. afghanica (Vavilov) McPartl. & E.Small
- Cannabis sativa f. afghanica Vavilov
- Cannabis sativa var. chinensis (Delile) A.DC.
- Cannabis sativa subsp. culta Serebr.
- Cannabis sativa var. gigantea (Delile ex Vilm.) Alef.
- Cannabis sativa subvar. indica (Lam.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Cannabis sativa var. indica (Lam.) Wehmer
- Cannabis sativa subsp. indica (Lam.) E.Small & Cronquist
- Cannabis sativa subsp. intersita (Soják) Soják
- Cannabis sativa var. kafiristanica (Vavilov) E.Small & Cronquist
- Cannabis sativa var. kif A.DC.
- Cannabis sativa var. macrosperma (Stokes) Asch. & Graebn.
- Cannabis sativa var. monoica Holuby
- Cannabis sativa var. pedemontana A.DC.
- Cannabis sativa var. praecox Serebr.
- Cannabis sativa var. ruderalis (Janisch.) S.Z.Liou
- Cannabis sativa var. ruderalis Janisch.
- Cannabis sativa var. spontanea Vavilov
- Cannabis sativa f. vulgaris (Alef.) Voss
- Cannabis sativa var. vulgaris Alef.
- Polygonum viridiflorum Poir.
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