Scientific Classification of Pencil Plant and Orchid Cactus

Pencil Plant and Orchid Cactus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Pencil Plant and Orchid 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. Pencil Plant and Orchid Cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Pencil Plant and Orchid Cactus Family

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

Pencil Plant and Orchid Cactus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Pencil Plant and Orchid Cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Pencil Plant and Orchid Cactus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Euphorbia and other plant's genus is Disocactus. Pencil Plant tribe is Euphorbieae and Orchid Cactus tribe is Hylocereeae. Pencil Plant clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Euphorbiales whereas Orchid Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Pencil Plant subfamilies are, Euphorbioideae and Orchid Cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Pencil Plant and Orchid Cactus and other products also.