Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Cannabaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cannabis L., Sp. Pl. 1027 (1753)
 Description

Erect annual. Lvs alternate or the lower opposite, palmately compound; leaflets narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, serrate. Infls erect; ♀ infl. racemose with fls crowded in the axils of foliaceous bracts. Achene ± enclosed by membranous perianth; embryo curved; cotyledons thick, fleshy.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Cannabis L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.