Scientific Classification of Cereus and Chayote

Cereus and Chayote Kingdom

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

Cereus and Chayote Family

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

Cereus and Chayote Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Cereus and Chayote genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cereus and Chayote, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Selenicereus and other plant's genus is Sechium. Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae and Chayote tribe is Sicyeae. Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Chayote clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Violales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cereus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Chayote subfamilies are Cucurbitoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cereus and Chayote and other products also.