Scientific Classification of Cereus and Houseleek

Cereus and Houseleek Kingdom

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

Cereus and Houseleek Family

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

Cereus and Houseleek Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Cereus and Houseleek genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cereus and Houseleek, 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 Sempervivum. Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae and Houseleek tribe is Sedeae. Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Houseleek clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Rosales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cereus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Houseleek subfamilies are Sedoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cereus and Houseleek and other products also.