Scientific Classification of Citrus and Red Pitaya

Citrus and Red Pitaya Kingdom

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

Citrus and Red Pitaya Family

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

Citrus and Red Pitaya Genus and Other Classification

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