Scientific Classification of Acerola and False Christmas Cactus

Acerola and False Christmas Cactus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Acerola and False Christmas Cactus 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. Acerola and False Christmas Cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Acerola and False Christmas Cactus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Acerola and False Christmas Cactus family is a major factor of Acerola and False Christmas Cactus 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. Acerola belongs to the family Malpighiaceae and False Christmas Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Acerola and False Christmas Cactus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Acerola and False Christmas Cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Acerola and False Christmas Cactus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Malpighia and other plant's genus is Schlumbergera. Acerola tribe is Not Available and False Christmas Cactus tribe is Rhipsalideae. Acerola clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Malpighiales whereas False Christmas Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Acerola subfamilies are, Not Available and Paperveroideae and False Christmas Cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Acerola and False Christmas Cactus and other products also.