Higher Taxonomy
Common Name: HEMP FAMILY Habit: Tree, shrub, or erect or twining perennial herb; dioecious or flowers staminate and bisexual, wind-pollinated; epidermis with stiff hairs, glandular or not; sap watery. Leaf: petioled; simple, unlobed or palmately lobed or compound, all alternate or lower opposite. Inflorescence: terminal or axillary, unisexual or with both male and bisexual flowers. Flower: perianth parts 4--6, free or fused; stamens 0 or 4--6; ovary 0 or 1, superior, chamber 1, ovule 1, style 1, short, stigmas 2, slender, plumose. Fruit: drupe or achene, occasionally +- enclosed in persistent perianth. Genera In Family: 11 genera, +- 100 species: temperate, tropical areas worldwide. eFlora Treatment Author: Alan T. Whittemore, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
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Citation for this treatment: Alan T. Whittemore & Elizabeth McClintock 2012, Cannabis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=10303, accessed on March 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on March 19, 2024.
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