The scientific classification of Old Man Cactus and Oriental Poppy 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. Old Man Cactus and Oriental Poppy kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Old Man Cactus and Oriental Poppy family is a major factor of Old Man Cactus and Oriental Poppy 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. Old Man Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae and Oriental Poppy belongs to the family Papaveraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Old Man Cactus and Oriental Poppy genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Old Man Cactus and Oriental Poppy, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Cephalocereus and other plant's genus is Papaver. Old Man Cactus tribe is Pachycereeae and Oriental Poppy tribe is Not Available. Old Man Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Oriental Poppy clade is Angiosperms and Eudicots and order is Ranunculales. Every plant have subfamilies. Old Man Cactus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Oriental Poppy subfamilies are Paperveroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Old Man Cactus and Oriental Poppy and other products also.