The scientific classification of False Christmas Cactus and Pachypodium 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. False Christmas Cactus and Pachypodium kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. False Christmas Cactus and Pachypodium family is a major factor of False Christmas Cactus and Pachypodium 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. False Christmas Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae and Pachypodium belongs to the family Apocynaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, False Christmas Cactus and Pachypodium genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare False Christmas Cactus and Pachypodium, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Schlumbergera and other plant's genus is pachypodium. False Christmas Cactus tribe is Rhipsalideae and Pachypodium tribe is Malouetieae. False Christmas Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Pachypodium clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Gentianales. Every plant have subfamilies. False Christmas Cactus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Pachypodium subfamilies are Apocynoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of False Christmas Cactus and Pachypodium and other products also.