
Cannabis
Francine
Description
<p><em><strong>Cannabis</strong></em> (<span class= "rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class= "IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title= "/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title= "'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title= "/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title= "'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title= "/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title= "'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title= "/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title= "'s' in 'sigh'">s</span>/</a></span></span>)<sup id= "cite_ref-Publishing2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis#cite_note-Publishing2010-2">[2]</a></sup> is a <a title="Genus" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus">genus</a> of <a title="Flowering plant" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant">flowering plants</a> in the family <a title="Cannabaceae" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabaceae">Cannabaceae</a>. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: <em><a title="Cannabis sativa" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_sativa">Cannabis sativa</a></em>, <em><a title="Cannabis indica" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_indica">Cannabis indica</a></em>, and <em><a title="Cannabis ruderalis" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_ruderalis">Cannabis ruderalis</a></em>; <em>C. ruderalis</em> may be included within <em>C. sativa</em>; all three may be treated as subspecies of a single species, <em>C. sativa</em>;<sup id= "cite_ref-GuyWhittle2004_1-1" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis#cite_note-GuyWhittle2004-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> or <em>C