The scientific classification of Foxtail Grass 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. Foxtail Grass and Cereus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Foxtail Grass and Cereus family is a major factor of Foxtail Grass 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. Foxtail Grass belongs to the family Poaceae and Cereus belongs to the family Cactaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Foxtail Grass and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Foxtail Grass and Cereus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Alopecurus and other plant's genus is Selenicereus. Foxtail Grass tribe is Not Available and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Foxtail Grass clade is Not Available and order is Cyperales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Foxtail Grass subfamilies are, Not Available and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Foxtail Grass and Cereus and other products also.