Scientific Classification of Jatropha and Cereus

Jatropha and Cereus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Jatropha 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. Jatropha and Cereus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Jatropha and Cereus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Jatropha and Cereus family is a major factor of Jatropha 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. Jatropha belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae and Cereus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Jatropha and Cereus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Jatropha and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Jatropha and Cereus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Jatropha and other plant's genus is Selenicereus. Jatropha tribe is Jatropheae and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Jatropha clade is Dicotyledonous and order is Euphorbiales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Jatropha subfamilies are, Crotonoideae and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Jatropha and Cereus and other products also.