Cannabis rasta is a new species discovered by Simon Gilmore of the Canberra Insitute of Technology. Gilmore ran DNA analyses of 196 sample plants by their mitochondria and chloroplasts. He drew these plants from sources grown for drugs and hemp as well as wild specimens from Europe, Asia, Africa, Mexico, and Jamaica. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Young castor oil plant showing its prominent two embryonic leaves (cotyledons), that differ from the adult leaves Dicotyledons or dicots is a name for a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Barbeyaceae Cannabaceae (hemp family) Dirachmaceae Elaeagnaceae Moraceae (mulberry family) Rosaceae (rose family) Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Ulmaceae (elm family) Urticaceae (nettle family) For the Philippine municipality, see Rosales, Pangasinan. ... Genera Cannabis -- Hemp Humulus - Hops Cannabaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of the genera Cannabis and Humulus. ... Species Cannabis indica Cannabis ruderalis Cannabis sativa This is one of several related articles about cannabis. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Species Cannabis indica Cannabis ruderalis Cannabis sativa This is one of several related articles about cannabis. ... The general structure of a section of DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid —usually in the form of a double helix— that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life, and most viruses. ... u fuck in ua ... In cell biology, a mitochondrion is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes. ... The inside of a chloroplast Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae that conduct photosynthesis. ... U.S. Marihuana production permit, from the film Hemp for Victory. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to some dispute as to Europes actual borders. ... Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ...

The study results revealed three distict "races" of cannabis according to their DNA. Plants from central Asia were predominantly Cannabis indica, while those from western Europe were primarily Cannabis sativa. Samples from south-east Asia, India, Africa, Jamaica and Mexico showed a predominance of the rasta variant. In appearance it is similar to the sativa species, but generally contains higher levels of THC. Cannabis indica Lam. ... Binomial name Cannabis sativa Linnaeus Cannabis sativa, also known as hemp, is a species of Cannabis. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... The acronym THC has several possible meanings: Teens Hate Chains, a Japanese singing group Tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active ingredient in Cannabis Tetrahydrocurcuminoids, extracted from Turmeric as an active ingredient in cosmetics Texas Historical Commission Therapeutic Humane Cannabis Act Thermohaline circulation The History Channel Terminal Handling Charges This page concerning a...

Because the study was of DNA rather than a formal taxonomic study, Cannabis rasta is not yet recognized as an official species. Gilmore's lab named the species with the result of a competition.

See Also

• Hemp
• Cannabis sativa
• Cannabis indica
• Cannabis ruderalis

U.S. Marihuana production permit, from the film Hemp for Victory. ... Binomial name Cannabis sativa Linnaeus Cannabis sativa, also known as hemp, is a species of Cannabis. ... Cannabis indica Lam. ... Binomial name Cannabis ruderalis Janisch. ...

References

• New Scientist Article on Discovery (From pg 12, issue 2517 of New Scientist magazine, 20/9/05)