Cannabaceae

Cannabis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1027 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central Asia to Xinjiang and Pakistan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Free State, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Senegal, Sicilia, Society Is., South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 16.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 453 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 1027 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 453 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 1027 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Poilane [1897] Vietnam K001392888 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0