Scientific Classification of Cereus and Desert Ironwood

Cereus and Desert Ironwood Kingdom

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

Cereus and Desert Ironwood Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Cereus and Desert Ironwood family is a major factor of Cereus and Desert Ironwood 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 Desert Ironwood belongs to the family Fabaceae.

Cereus and Desert Ironwood Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Cereus and Desert Ironwood genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cereus and Desert Ironwood, 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 Olneya. Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae and Desert Ironwood tribe is Robinieae. Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Desert Ironwood clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Fabales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cereus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Desert Ironwood subfamilies are Faboideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cereus and Desert Ironwood and other products also.