Hackberry Family
Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants, known as the hemp family. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis (hemp), Humulus (hops) and Celtis (hackberries). Celtis is by far the largest genus, containing about 100 species.
Cannabaceae is a member of the Rosales. Members of the family are erect or climbing plants with petalless flowers and dry, one-seeded fruits. Hemp (Cannabis) and hop (Humulus) are the most economically important species.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
hackberries
genusCeltis
Hops
genusHumulus
Cannabis
genusCannabis
Trema
genusTrema
Aphananthe
genusAphananthe
Chaetachme
genusChaetachme
Pteroceltis
genusPteroceltis
Gironniera
genusGironniera
Sparrea
genusSparrea
Lozanella
genusLozanella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53781.