Scientific Classification of Elephant Bush and Moonlight cactus

Elephant Bush and Moonlight cactus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Elephant Bush and Moonlight 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. Elephant Bush and Moonlight cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Elephant Bush and Moonlight cactus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Elephant Bush and Moonlight cactus family is a major factor of Elephant Bush and Moonlight 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. Elephant Bush belongs to the family Portulacaceae and Moonlight cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Elephant Bush and Moonlight cactus Genus and Other Classification

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