Botanically speaking, Hemp/Cannabis,Cannabis sativa, belongs to the Cannabaceae family, which, according to the classifications of Cronquist and Dahlgreen, contains just two genera,Cannabis andHumulus, the Hop (comprising 3 species). The Cannabis genus, meanwhile, contains just two species: Cannabis sativa andCannabis ruderalis. According to new phylogenetic classifications, the Cannabaceae Family is now a supra-family, i.e. an extended family including part of the Ulmaceae Family and the entire Urticaceae (around 2,600 species) and Moraceae (over 1,000 species) Families. Hemp, or Cannabis, is one of the oldest domesticated plants in human memory - and therefore one of the most celebrated. Indeed, theCannabis sativa species has been mankind's companion for millennia, serving multiple functions: production of food seeds; production of fibers for clothing, ropes, etc.; production of psychoactive and medicinal flower buds; etc. For decades, the agricultural and pharmaceutical mafia has prohibited the use of psychoactive and medicinal varieties, and destroyed the genetic resources of the ancient hemp varieties, all of which were used for the production of hemp.s, all of which were dioecious (producing male and female plants), to replace them with manipulated, monoecious varieties generating a captive market.
