Scientific Classification of Duranta and Cereus

Duranta and Cereus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Duranta and Cereus 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. Duranta and Cereus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Duranta and Cereus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Duranta and Cereus family is a major factor of Duranta and Cereus 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. Duranta belongs to the family Verbenaceae and Cereus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Duranta and Cereus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Duranta and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Duranta and Cereus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Duranta and other plant's genus is Selenicereus. Duranta tribe is Not Available and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Duranta clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Lamiales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Duranta subfamilies are, Not Available and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Duranta and Cereus and other products also.