Cannabaceae
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Cannabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls unisexual, small and inconspicuous, the male with 5 erect stamens on short or very short filaments opposite the 5 sep, the female with a short, ± entire, membranous cal enclosing the ovary, or the cal often much reduced in Cannabis; pet none; ovary unilocular, with a single pendulous, anatropous ovule; style short, with 2 elongate, filiform stigmas; fr a small nut or an achene, in Humulus invested by the persistent cal; seeds with curved or coiled, dicotyledonous embryo and scanty endosperm; erect or twining herbs without milky juice; lvs opposite at least below, palmately lobed or compound (except sometimes the upper); infls axillary to the upper (often reduced) lvs, the male relatively loose, branched, and many-fld, the female more compact and few-fld. 2/4.
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Common Names
The Indian hemp family