Scientific Classification of Citron and Easter cactus

Citron and Easter cactus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Citron and Easter 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. Citron and Easter cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Citron and Easter cactus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Citron and Easter cactus family is a major factor of Citron and Easter 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. Citron belongs to the family Rutaceae and Easter cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Citron and Easter cactus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Citron and Easter cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Citron and Easter cactus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Citrus and other plant's genus is Hatiora. Citron tribe is Citreae and Easter cactus tribe is Rhipsalideae. Citron clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales whereas Easter cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Citron subfamilies are, Aurantioideae and Easter cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Citron and Easter cactus and other products also.