Scientific Classification of Chayote and Cereus

Chayote and Cereus Kingdom

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

Chayote and Cereus Family

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

Chayote and Cereus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Chayote and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Chayote and Cereus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Sechium and other plant's genus is Selenicereus. Chayote tribe is Sicyeae and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Chayote clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Violales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Chayote subfamilies are, Cucurbitoideae and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Chayote and Cereus and other products also.