Scientific Classification of Cereus and Pencil Plant
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Euphorbiales
Family
Cactaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Selenicereus
Euphorbia
Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Tribe
Hylocereeae
Euphorbieae
Subfamily
Cactoideae
Euphorbioideae
Number of Species
Not Available
Not Available
Cereus and Pencil Plant Kingdom
The scientific classification of Cereus and Pencil Plant 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 Pencil Plant kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Cereus and Pencil Plant Family
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Cereus and Pencil Plant family is a major factor of Cereus and Pencil Plant 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 Pencil Plant belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae.
Cereus and Pencil Plant Genus and Other Classification
While comparing scientific classification, Cereus and Pencil Plant genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cereus and Pencil Plant, 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 Pencil Plant tribe is Euphorbieae. Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Pencil Plant clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Euphorbiales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cereus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Pencil Plant subfamilies are Euphorbioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cereus and Pencil Plant and other products also.