Scientific Classification of Cereus and Old Man Cactus

Cereus and Old Man Cactus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Cereus and Old Man Cactus 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 Old Man Cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Cereus and Old Man Cactus Family

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

Cereus and Old Man Cactus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Cereus and Old Man Cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cereus and Old Man Cactus, 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 Cephalocereus. Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae and Old Man Cactus tribe is Pachycereeae. Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Old Man Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cereus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Old Man Cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cereus and Old Man Cactus and other products also.