refers to Carolus Linnaeus who devised our taxonomic nomenclature system and first classified the Cannabis genus in 1753. For example, the “L.” in Cannabis sativa L. The initials that come between the italicized taxa and the common languages words of the name indicates the authority who first named the species. For example, if you were to call the Blueberry strain by its full name it would look like this: Cannabis indica Lam. The scientific name of a plant includes the genus, species and cultivar (i.e., strain) names, with the first two (genus and species) in the usual Latin and the latter names in the words of a common language. Next comes the Genus of Cannabis sativa L. Further down the line, Cannabis starts to differentiate itself under the taxonomic category of Family, belonging to the Family Cannabaceae. ![]() ![]() All plants fall under the Kingdom classification of Plantae. In taxonomy, plant and animal classifications are organized in the following order Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification.
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