Scientific Classification of Cereus and Devils Backbone

Cereus and Devils Backbone Kingdom

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

Cereus and Devils Backbone Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Cereus and Devils Backbone family is a major factor of Cereus and Devils Backbone 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 Devils Backbone belongs to the family Crassulaceae.

Cereus and Devils Backbone Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Cereus and Devils Backbone genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cereus and Devils Backbone, 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 Euphorbia. Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae and Devils Backbone tribe is Euphorbieae. Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Devils Backbone clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Malpighiales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cereus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Devils Backbone subfamilies are Euphorbioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cereus and Devils Backbone and other products also.