Scientific Classification of Citrus and Cocoa Plant

Citrus and Cocoa Plant Kingdom

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

Citrus and Cocoa Plant Family

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

Citrus and Cocoa Plant Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Citrus and Cocoa Plant genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Citrus and Cocoa Plant, 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 Theobroma. Citrus tribe is Citreae and Cocoa Plant tribe is Theobromeae. Citrus clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales whereas Cocoa Plant clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Malvales. Every plant have subfamilies. Citrus subfamilies are, Asteroideae and Cocoa Plant subfamilies are Byttneroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Citrus and Cocoa Plant and other products also.