The scientific classification of Peruvian Apple Cactus and Melampodium 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. Peruvian Apple Cactus and Melampodium kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Peruvian Apple Cactus and Melampodium family is a major factor of Peruvian Apple Cactus and Melampodium 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. Peruvian Apple Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae and Melampodium belongs to the family Asteraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Peruvian Apple Cactus and Melampodium genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Peruvian Apple Cactus and Melampodium, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Cereus and other plant's genus is Melampodium. Peruvian Apple Cactus tribe is Cereeae and Melampodium tribe is Millerieae. Peruvian Apple Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllidae whereas Melampodium clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales. Every plant have subfamilies. Peruvian Apple Cactus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Melampodium subfamilies are Asteroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Peruvian Apple Cactus and Melampodium and other products also.