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Hemp

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Hemp is the vernacular English name for the plant Cannabis sativa when grown for industrial and practical use. Its fiber and other parts are refined into products including paper, rope, textiles, biodegradable plastics, paint, insulation, biofuel, food and animal feed. Along with bamboo, it is among the fastest growing plants on Earth, and it was among the first plants humans spun into usable fiber, a practice datable to around 50,000 years ago. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Cannabis sativa 6
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 7
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Magnoliopsida, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Hemp

In Biome

Bog, Biomes
Source Wikidata: Hemp
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Found In

Beijing

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China

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Fujian

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Gabon

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Guangdong

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Myanmar

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Shanghai

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Tianjin

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Tibet

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Xinjiang

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Sources
1. Hemp (Wikipedia)
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 359825
    George Washington pushed for the growth of hemp as it was a cash crop commonly used to make rope and fabric.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    The term hemp is the vernacular English language word designating the plant Cannabis sativa, a plant that can be used to make a wide range of products, and be refined into a variety of commercial items, including paper, rope, textiles, clothing, biodegradable plastics, paint, insulation, biofuel, food, medicines, and animal feed.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ26726, descriptionView the Source
4. NatureServe Explorer: Cannabis sativa
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Rosales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12440
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12440
"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Rosales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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6. Wikidata: Hemp
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
7. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Cannabis sativa
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record
Quote, iucnRedListCategory record
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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Wikidata: Hemp
In Biome: Bog, IntroductionView the Source
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