Scientific Classification of Night Blooming Cereus and Moonlight cactus

Night Blooming Cereus and Moonlight cactus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Night Blooming Cereus and Moonlight cactus 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. Night Blooming Cereus and Moonlight cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Night Blooming Cereus and Moonlight cactus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Night Blooming Cereus and Moonlight cactus family is a major factor of Night Blooming Cereus and Moonlight cactus 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. Night Blooming Cereus belongs to the family Cactaceae and Moonlight cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Night Blooming Cereus and Moonlight cactus Genus and Other Classification

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