Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Cannabaceae - Dagga family

Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1991) Cannabaceae FZ 9(6)

Description of the family

Erect, annual, aromatic herb (in ours). Latex 0. Stipules present. Leaves alternate or opposite, digitately 3-7(-11)-foliolate (in ours), the leaflets with a serrate margin. Plant dioecious. Male inflorescences laxly cymose-paniculate; perianth 5-lobed, 1-seriate. Female inflorescences short, compact; flowers subtended by a bract and an enveloping bracteole. Ovary superior. Fruit an achene.

Worldwide: 2 genera and 4 species, northern temperate regions to SE Asia.

Cannabis sativa

Links to genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Cannabis L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Cannabaceae:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cannabaceae page
Flora of Mozambique: Cannabaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cannabaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Family page: Cannabaceae.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=46, retrieved 24 May 2013

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