The scientific classification of Blue Lotus and Hedgehog 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. Blue Lotus and Hedgehog Cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Blue Lotus and Hedgehog Cactus family is a major factor of Blue Lotus and Hedgehog 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. Blue Lotus belongs to the family Nymphaeaceae and Hedgehog Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Blue Lotus and Hedgehog Cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Blue Lotus and Hedgehog Cactus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Nymphaea and other plant's genus is Echinocereus. Blue Lotus tribe is Not Available and Hedgehog Cactus tribe is Pachycereeae. Blue Lotus clade is Angiosperms and order is Nymphaeales whereas Hedgehog Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Blue Lotus subfamilies are, Not Available and Hedgehog Cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Blue Lotus and Hedgehog Cactus and other products also.