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Cannabis sativa L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1027 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000584001.

Synonyms of Cannabis sativa L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cannabis americana Pharm. ex Wehmer Pfl.-Stoffe : 157 (1911) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583985
Cannabis chinensis Delile Index Seminum (MPU, Monspeliensis) 1849: 7 (1849) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583986
Cannabis erratica Siev. Neueste Nord. Beytr. Phys. Geogr. Erd- Völkerbeschreib. 7: 174 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583987
Cannabis foetens Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 450 (1792) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583988
Cannabis generalis E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 4: 199 (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583990
Cannabis gigantea Delile ex Vilm. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 5: 109 (1851) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583991
Cannabis indica Lam. Encycl. 1: 695 (1785) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583992
Cannabis indica f. afghanica Vavilov Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 33: 381 (1929) wfo-0000583993
Cannabis indica var. kafiristanica Vavilov Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 33: 381 (1929) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583994
Cannabis intersita Soják Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1960: 20 (1960) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583995
Cannabis kafiristanica (Vavilov) Chrtek Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 150: 22 (1981) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583996
Cannabis lupulus Scop. Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 2: 263 (1771) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583997
Cannabis macrosperma Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 539 (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583998
Cannabis ruderalis Janisch. Uchen. Zap. Saratovsk. Gosud. Chernyshevskogo Univ. 2(2): 14 (1924) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000583999
Cannabis sativa f. afghanica Vavilov Trudy Prikl. Bot. Selekts. 16: 227 (1926) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584002
Cannabis sativa f. chinensis (Delile) A.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 31 (1869) wfo-0000584003
Cannabis sativa var. gigantea (Delile ex Vilm.) Alef. Landw. Fl. : 288 (1866) wfo-0000584004
Cannabis sativa var. indica (Lam.) Wehmer Pfl.-Stoffe : 157 (1911) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584005
Cannabis sativa subsp. indica (Lam.) E.Small & Cronquist Taxon 25: 426 (1976) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584006
Cannabis sativa subsp. intersita (Soják) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 77 (1979 publ. 1980) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584007
Cannabis sativa var. kafiristanica (Vavilov) E.Small & Cronquist Taxon 25: 429 (1976) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584008
Cannabis sativa var. kif A.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 30 (1869) wfo-0000584009
Cannabis sativa var. macrosperma (Stokes) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 4: 599 (1911) wfo-0000584010
Cannabis sativa var. monoica Holuby Let. Matice Slov. 1(43): 367 (1873) wfo-0000584012
Cannabis sativa f. pedemontana A.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 31 (1869) wfo-0000584013
Cannabis sativa var. praecox Serebr. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 18: 410 (1928) wfo-0000584014
Cannabis sativa var. ruderalis Janisch. Uchen. Zap. Saratovsk. Gosud. Chernyshevskogo Univ. 2(2): 14 (1924) wfo-0000584015
Cannabis sativa var. ruderalis (Janisch.) S.Z.Liou Fl. Liaoningica 1: 289 (1988) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000584016
Cannabis sativa var. spontanea Vavilov Trudy Prikl. Bot. Selekts. 13(Suppl. 23): 148 (1922) wfo-0000584017
Cannabis sativa var. vulgaris Alef. Landw. Fl. : 288 (1866) wfo-0000584018
Cannabis sativa var. indica (Lam.) E.Small & Cronquist Taxon 25(4): 426 1976 wfo-0001085023
Cannabis sativa var. sativa wfo-0001085024
Polygonum viridiflorum Poir. Encycl. 6: 140 (1804) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001101290
Cannabis sativa var. afghanica (Vavilov) McPartl. & E.Small PhytoKeys 144: 97 (2020) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200007822
Cannabis sativa subsp. culta Serebr. Kul't. Fl. SSSR 5: 37 (1940) wfo-1200063824
Cannabis sativa f. vulgaris (Alef.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 912 (1895) wfo-1200063835
Cannabis sativa subvar. indica (Lam.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 4: 598 (1911) wfo-1200063838
Cannabis indica var. afghanica Vavilov Trudy Prikl. Bot., Prilož. 33: 380 (1929) wfo-1200063839