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Taxon:  Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa



Summary
Genus:
Cannabis
Family:
Cannabaceae
Nomen number:
317471
Verified:
06/09/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cannabis sativa L. (1 active accession[s])
Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (Lam.) E. Small & Cronquist (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cannabis ruderalis Janisch.
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Reference(s)
  1. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  2. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  3. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  4. Small, E. & A. Cronquist. 1976. A practical and natural taxonomy for Cannabis. Taxon 25:419. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  5. Small, E. & D. Marcus. 2002. Hemp: a new crop with new uses for North America. Note: re. use in food products and meal and flour
  6. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Common names
English
hemp –
French
chanvre –
German
Hanf –
Portuguese
cânhamo –
Spanish
cáñamo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd.
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Human food
seeds (flour or meal now being used in many food products fide http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html,) –
Materials
fiber (fide Dict Econ Pl) –


NGBT Plant Germplasm System Distribution Policy

Plant germplasm is distributed to scientists, educators, producers and other bona fide research and education entities from National genebank of Tunisia active collection sites. The NGBT Curator and/or Research Leader will, in accordance with current NPGS policies and procedures, determine the legitimacy of a request when necessary.

Distributions to fulfill requests for repatriation of subsamples of germplasm collections to a country or community of origin, especially following natural or man-made catastrophes, are considered a high priority.

Although distributions for research, education, and repatriation are of the highest priority, the NPGS also encourages various seed-saver organizations and public gardens to conduct germplasm conservation activities that engage many individuals and groups throughout the country. Elements of the NPGS cooperate with seed-saver organizations and public gardens and may store germplasm for and distribute germplasm to such organizations.

Distribution of germplasm from NPGS collections to fulfill requests from individuals seeking free germplasm strictly for home use is generally considered an inappropriate use of limited resources and conflicts with U.S. Government policy of not competing with commercial enterprises. Requestors can be asked, in an appropriate manner, to justify the use of specific NPGS germplasm instead of suitable commercially available germplasm.

Accessions listed in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) database as “not available” due to insufficient or low viability seed and/or scheduled for regeneration will generally not be available for distribution.

Other accessions are listed in GRIN as “not available” because they are not a part of the NPGS collection per se, but are conserved in NPGS genebanks to meet specific needs as described later in the section entitled “Categories of Germplasm Distributed and Availability.” In this category are certain accessions of improved germplasm that are only available from the owner/developer. Other accessions require that specific conditions be met by the requestor before distribution is possible.

NPGS sites will not distribute germplasm internationally when they cannot comply with the importation or quarantine requirements of the recipient country unless the requestor can provide a valid waiver of such requirements.