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