The scientific classification of Peruvian Apple Cactus and Phlox stansbury 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 Phlox stansbury kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Peruvian Apple Cactus and Phlox stansbury family is a major factor of Peruvian Apple Cactus and Phlox stansbury 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 Phlox stansbury belongs to the family Polemoniaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Peruvian Apple Cactus and Phlox stansbury genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Peruvian Apple Cactus and Phlox stansbury, 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 Phlox. Peruvian Apple Cactus tribe is Cereeae and Phlox stansbury tribe is Phlocideae. Peruvian Apple Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllidae whereas Phlox stansbury clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Solanales. Every plant have subfamilies. Peruvian Apple Cactus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Phlox stansbury subfamilies are Polemonioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Peruvian Apple Cactus and Phlox stansbury and other products also.