Scientific Classification of Citrus and Christmas Cactus

Citrus and Christmas Cactus Kingdom

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

Citrus and Christmas Cactus Family

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

Citrus and Christmas Cactus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Citrus and Christmas Cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Citrus and Christmas 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 Schlumbergera. Citrus tribe is Citreae and Christmas Cactus tribe is Not Available. Citrus clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales whereas Christmas Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Citrus subfamilies are, Asteroideae and Christmas Cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Citrus and Christmas Cactus and other products also.