Scientific Classification of Easter Lily and Cereus

Easter Lily and Cereus Kingdom

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

Easter Lily and Cereus Family

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

Easter Lily and Cereus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Easter Lily and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Easter Lily and Cereus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Lilium and other plant's genus is Selenicereus. Easter Lily tribe is Lilieae and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Easter Lily clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Liliales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Easter Lily subfamilies are, Lilioideae and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Easter Lily and Cereus and other products also.