Scientific Classification of Cereus and Petunia

Cereus and Petunia Kingdom

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

Cereus and Petunia Family

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

Cereus and Petunia Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Cereus and Petunia genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cereus and Petunia, 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 Petunia. Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae and Petunia tribe is Not Available. Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Petunia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Solanales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cereus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Petunia subfamilies are Petunioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cereus and Petunia and other products also.