Scientific Classification of Citrus and Cardon

Citrus and Cardon Kingdom

The scientific classification of Citrus and Cardon 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. Citrus and Cardon kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Citrus and Cardon Family

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

Citrus and Cardon Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Citrus and Cardon genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Citrus and Cardon, 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 Pachycereus. Citrus tribe is Citreae and Cardon tribe is Pachycereeae. Citrus clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales whereas Cardon clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Citrus subfamilies are, Asteroideae and Cardon subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Citrus and Cardon and other products also.