Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae Martinov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 99. 1820. nom. cons. 'Cannabis Family'
Characteristic Features:
Trees, shrubs or herbs
Leaves two-ranked, coriaceous, with strong parallel secondaries and scalariform tertiary veins
Inflorescence monochasial, with pointed flowers having contorted corolla
Fruit with strongly accresent but often unequal sepals surrounding single seeded nut
Diversity:
World- 8 genera 102 species (ThePlant List 2013); 8 genera, 100 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 9 genera, 90 species (Mabberely 2017); 10 genera, 108 species (CoL 2021)
India - 6 genera, 13 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 2 genera, 2 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 3 genera 6 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
General Characters:
Cannabaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Cannabaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Rosanae, Order-Rosales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Monochlamydeae
Series : Unisexuales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Urticales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Urticales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Hamamelidae
Order : Urticales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Malvidae
Super Order: Malvanae
Order : Urticales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Super Order : Malvanae
Order : Urticales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Rosanae
Order : Urticales
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Fabids
Order : Rosales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Rosanae
Order : Rosales
Suborder : Urticineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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