Cannabaceae Cannabaceae

Cannabaceae - Definition and Overview

Cannabaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Rosales
Family:Cannabaceae
Genera

Cannabis -- Hemp
Humulus - Hops

Cannabaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of the genera Cannabis and Humulus. More recently placed in the order Rosales, but in older literature as Urticales. By all accounts the family is closely allied with the other families of the old Urticales (Urticaceae, Moraceae, Ulmaceae).

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