Scientific Classification of Agave and Cereus

Agave and Cereus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Agave and Cereus 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. Agave and Cereus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Agave and Cereus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Agave and Cereus family is a major factor of Agave and Cereus 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. Agave belongs to the family Agavaceae and Cereus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Agave and Cereus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Agave and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Agave and Cereus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Agave and other plant's genus is Selenicereus. Agave tribe is Not Available and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Agave clade is Monocots and order is Asparagales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Agave subfamilies are, Agavoideae and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Agave and Cereus and other products also.