Scientific Classification of Citrus and Carissa

Citrus and Carissa Kingdom

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

Citrus and Carissa Family

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

Citrus and Carissa Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Citrus and Carissa genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Citrus and Carissa, 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 Carissa. Citrus tribe is Citreae and Carissa tribe is Carisseae. Citrus clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales whereas Carissa clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Gentianales. Every plant have subfamilies. Citrus subfamilies are, Asteroideae and Carissa subfamilies are Rauvolfioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Citrus and Carissa and other products also.