Cannabeace, cannabis the family

[assazel]

Cannabeace the family. Diffrent species of Cannabis and one relative.

Cannabis does only exist as 3 diffrent species. Indica, Sativa and ruderalis.

Cannabis belongs to the familly Cannabeace, the hops plant belongs to this family to

The Botanist that first classified Cannabis was Carl von linne (Sweden) He called it C, sativa. or sativum. Sativa is latin and meens cultivated or sown, ( usefull). Other plants like garlic is named alium, sativa. So it has not got its word sativa because it originates from America and sout america. Its beecause linne saw its usefullness in fibers and other things. The trip he took was to america.

The Cannabis plant is an old plant that existed when all continents where stuck together, when moving apart the plant has evolved to three diffrent subspecies which is C, sativa, C, indica and C, ruderlis. and belongs to diffrent parts of the world Theese plants has adapted themselves to diffrent environments without much help from mankind.

What makes it being categorised as diffrent subspecies is because they have some diffrence in genetics that is expressed as height, bushieness and how it grows, also some diffrence in chemistry. As long as two organisms that look diffrent to the eye share more than 95 percent of the same genetics its the same species.

The diffrence between C, sativa and C, ruderalis can be somewhat compared to wolfs and dogs because you can breed them wich meen same genetics and nature wont mind. they have the same ancestorparent but nature ( in this case humans) has done some natural selections.( I actually didnt want to do this comparison but i couldn find a better example )

The hops plant can be compared to a bear or a fox, You cant breed them with dogs or wolfs but they have the same ancestor parent these genetics can not be mixed in nature with eachoter.

The Cannabis comes in diffrent strains. White widow, Mazar, blue mystic, Colombian gold is some examples

These diffrent strains share 99.99999 of the same genes as their parents. ex, 60 percent of sativa and 40 percent of indica or a mix of all three subspecies.

Because they share the same genetics they dont make it as a diffrent subspecies.

Ex. afghani that some people refer as a subspecies (afghanica) is not. its a hybrid that has apeered thru inbreeding of some plants thru generations of generations, its still an Indica.

The genes in afghani is the same as in indica than the diffrence you find between Indica and ruderalis

Mazar for example is a place in afganistan where the best hashproduction originates.

The plant mazar is not an afganica. Its a hybrid between an indica that has been inbred in afganistan and a skunk that is a hybrid in itself. ( skunk is also genemanipulated so its a tetraploid plant) cannabis in nature is a diploid plant. Diploid meens that when cells divide itself you get 2 cells. when kunk cells divide they turn to 4 cells. this makes skunk grow more rapidly. And the mazar plant is a hybrid between skunk and afghani and is an indica

This can be compared to crossbreeding of dogs. you dont get a subspecies as a result you get a crossbreed. The diffrence in genes can be collor or height and that is less than 1 percent of the genes that express that.

The numbers given are not 100 % accurate!

By Assazel!

[MisterHaze]

Great ready. Thanks buddy.

[Dust]

thanks for sharing man interesting

[Nutes]

yeah nice read that mate cheers

[DanMacGrowesalot]

Interesting read indeed, but your explanation of polyploidy in cannabis (or any other eukaryote species) hybridization is inaccurate. Furthermore, I have not seen a conclusive study proving that C. sativa, indica, and ruderalis are indeed different species by genome, although they may be, which would make polyploid hybrids arrise more commonly. Some hybrids could have tetraploid DNA, especially if cannabis is truly more than one species, but no polyploid cells (triploid, tetraploid, pentaploid, hexaploid, and so on..) divide into four cells during mitosis. You are thinking of diploid meiosis, occurring during the combination of and division of sexual reproductive diploid cells only; two diploid cells combine temporarily into a tetraploid cell with chromosomes from both parents. It divides into four cells called gametes once.

Tetraploid hybrids do not grow double the cells/rate because of doubled chromosomes. If that were true, after only one mitosis, a tetraploid would have to degrade and create four diploid cells, which is not how the mechanics/mathematics of genetics work..

Hops and cannabis do have a close enough relationship that they can be grafted onto on another. I might try to graft some tender/green cuts from a cannabis plant onto the tender new shoots on my monster (perennial-well established!) Cascade Hops rootstock outside.