Scientific Classification of Grapefruit and Sweet Lime

Grapefruit and Sweet Lime Kingdom

The scientific classification of Grapefruit and Sweet Lime 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. Grapefruit and Sweet Lime kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Grapefruit and Sweet Lime Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Grapefruit and Sweet Lime family is a major factor of Grapefruit and Sweet Lime 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. Grapefruit belongs to the family Rutaceae and Sweet Lime belongs to the family Rutaceae.

Grapefruit and Sweet Lime Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Grapefruit and Sweet Lime genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Grapefruit and Sweet Lime, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Citrus and other plant's genus is Citrus. Grapefruit tribe is Not Available and Sweet Lime tribe is Citreae. Grapefruit clade is Dicotyledonous and order is Sapindales whereas Sweet Lime clade is Not Available and order is Sapindales. Every plant have subfamilies. Grapefruit subfamilies are, Rosoideae and Sweet Lime subfamilies are Citroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Grapefruit and Sweet Lime and other products also.