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. 2018 Oct 1;3(1):203–212. doi: 10.1089/can.2018.0039

Table 1.

Some Early Plant Families into Which Cannabis and Humulus Have Been Classified, Listed Chronologically

Author (date) Family name (and subfamily limited to Cannabis and Humulus if designated) Number of genera in family (and subfamily where designated) now classified in Cannabaceae-Urticaceae-Moraceae-Celtidaceae-other, with percentage accuracy
Adanson (1763)5 Castaneaceae Section III 2-2-4-1-2, 82%
Linnaeus (1764)6 Scabridae 2-3-3-1-4, 69%
Lamarck (1788)7 Figuiers (Moraceae) Section II 2-4-0-0-1, 86%
de Jussieu (1789)8 Urticae Section II 2-7-2-0-2, 85%
Batsch (1802)9 Scabridae 2-7-5-0-5, 74%
(section Exalbuminosa) (2-0-0-0-0, 100%)
Martynov (1820)10 Cannabaceae 2-0-0-0-0, 100%
Blume (1825)11 Urticeae 1-3-7-1-5, 71%
(section Cannabineae) (1-0-0-0-0, 100%)
Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1826)12 Urticeae 2-26-10-1-9, 81%
(section Cannabineae) (2-0-0-0-0, 100%)
Nees von Esenbeck et al. (1835)13 Urticaceae 2-2-2-1-1, 88%
(tribe Cannabinae) (2-0-0-0-0, 100%)
Lindley (1836)14 Urticaceae 2-27-18-0-15, 76%
(subfam. Cannabineae) (2-0-0-0-0, 100%)
Endlicher (1837)15 Cannabineae 2-0-0-0-0, 100%
Lindley (1846)16 Cannabinaceae 2-0-0-0-0, 100%
Bentham and Hooker (1880)17 Urticaceae 2-44-48-8-8, 97%
(tribe Cannabineae) (2-0-0-0-0, 100%)
Engler and Prantl (1889)18 Moraceae 2-6-46-0-0, 100%
(subfam. Cannaboideae) (2-0-0-0-0, 100%)
Cronquist (1968)19 Cannabaceae 2-0-0-0-0, 100%
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003)1 Cannabaceae 2-0-0-0-8, 100%