Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Cannabis sativa

Cannabaceae Martinov

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Rosales(ordo)
Cannabaceae(fam.)
Cannabis(gen.)
sativa(sp.)

Cannabis sativa L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

:

1027

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in India."

Black, J.M. (1929), Additions and Corrections.

Flora of South Australia

:

697

[secondary reference]

common name:

Hemp

[n/a]

Backer, C.A. (December 1951), Cannabinaceae.

Flora Malesiana Series I

:

223

[secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

:

209

[secondary reference]

common name:

Marihuana

[n/a]

common name:

Indian Hemp

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

96

[secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Cannabaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

62

[secondary reference]

common name:

Marijuana

[n/a]

common name:

Indian Hemp

[n/a]

Pearce, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989), Cannabaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

15, Map 15

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "hort. Cliff.; lecto: BM n.v. fide W.T.Stearn, Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Uni. 23 325–326 (1974)."

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cannabaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

348, Plate 20

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Cannabis indica Lam.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cannabis ruderalis Janisch.

legitimate

common name:

Marijuana

[n/a]

common name:

Indian Hemp

[n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cannabaceae.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

:

348, Plate 20

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Cannabis indica Lam.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cannabis ruderalis Janisch.

legitimate

common name:

Marijuana

[n/a]

common name:

Indian Hemp

[n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2005), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Cannabis indica Lam.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cannabis ruderalis Janisch.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)