The scientific classification of Buddha's Belly Bamboo and Cleistocactus 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. Buddha's Belly Bamboo and Cleistocactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Buddha's Belly Bamboo and Cleistocactus family is a major factor of Buddha's Belly Bamboo and Cleistocactus 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. Buddha's Belly Bamboo belongs to the family Poaceae and Cleistocactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Buddha's Belly Bamboo and Cleistocactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Buddha's Belly Bamboo and Cleistocactus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Bambusa and other plant's genus is Cleistocactus. Buddha's Belly Bamboo tribe is Bambuseae and Cleistocactus tribe is Trichocereeae. Buddha's Belly Bamboo clade is Angiosperms, Commelinids and Monocots and order is Poales whereas Cleistocactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Buddha's Belly Bamboo subfamilies are, Bambusoideae and Cleistocactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Buddha's Belly Bamboo and Cleistocactus and other products also.