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Cannabis strains is a popular name to refer to plant varieties of the monospecific genus Cannabis sativa L.. They are either pure or hybrid varieties of the plant, which encompasses various sub-species C. sativa , C. indica , and C. ruderalis .
Wikileaf: All Cannabis Strains Leafly: Marijuana Strains and Infused Products Torkelson, Anthony R. (1996), The Cross Name Index to Medicinal Plants , Vol. IV: Plants in Indian medicine, CRC Press, p. 1674, ISBN 9780849326356 , OCLC 34038712
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All known strains of Cannabis are wind-pollinated [16] and the fruit is an achene. [17] Most strains of Cannabis are short day plants, [16] with the possible exception of C. sativa subsp. sativa var. spontanea (= C. ruderalis), which is commonly described as "auto-flowering" and may be day-neutral.
Acapulco Gold is a strain of Cannabis sativa that was popular during the 1960s counterculture movement for its potency, taste, and unique color. It is a landrace cannabis variety that is an 80% sativa and 20% indica hybrid reportedly produced by crossing a native Mexican strain with a Nepalese indica.
The origins of Kush Cannabis are from landrace plants mainly in Afghanistan, Northern Pakistan and North-Western India [3] with the name coming from the Hindu Kush mountain range. "Hindu Kush" strains of Cannabis were taken to the United States in the mid-to-late 1970s and continue to be available there to the present day.
Widely cultivated strains of cannabis, such as "Afghani" or "Hindu Kush", are indigenous to the Pakistan and Afghanistan regions, while "Durban Poison" is native to Africa. [82]: 45–48 There are approximately 16 landrace strains of cannabis identified from Pakistan, Jamaica, Africa, Mexico, Central America and Asia. [84]
[19] [20] Cannabis x intersita Sojak, a strain identified in 1960, is a cross between C. sativa and C. ruderalis. [3] Attempts to produce a Cannabis strain with a shorter growing season are another application of cultivating C. ruderalis. [8] C. ruderalis when crossed with sativa and indica strains will carry the recessive autoflowering trait ...