The scientific classification of Cotyledon and Red Pitaya includes the entire classification chart that includes kingdom, family, clade, tribe etc. A kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank. A taxonomic rank is the level that a living organisms are placed in hierarchical level of arrangement of life forms. All the living organisms are divided into kingdoms. Plant kingdom is a main classification of living organisms that include all plants. There are six kingdoms which are: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Aschaea/Archaeabacteria and Bacteria Eubacteria. Cotyledon and Red Pitaya kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Cotyledon and Red Pitaya family is a major factor of Cotyledon and Red Pitaya Scientific Classification. Plant family helps you narrow the search of your plants. It also gives you idea about, how the plant looks, how the seed will be like etc. These two plant families can be different or same. Cotyledon belongs to the family Crassulaceae and Red Pitaya belongs to the family Cactaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Cotyledon and Red Pitaya genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cotyledon and Red Pitaya, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Cotyledon L. and other plant's genus is Hylocereus. Cotyledon tribe is Not Available and Red Pitaya tribe is Cacteae. Cotyledon clade is Rosids and order is Rosales whereas Red Pitaya clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cotyledon subfamilies are, Not Available and Red Pitaya subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cotyledon and Red Pitaya and other products also.