Scientific Classification of Petunia and Cereus

Petunia and Cereus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Petunia and Cereus 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. Petunia and Cereus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Petunia and Cereus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Petunia and Cereus family is a major factor of Petunia and Cereus 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. Petunia belongs to the family Solanaceae and Cereus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Petunia and Cereus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Petunia and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Petunia and Cereus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Petunia and other plant's genus is Selenicereus. Petunia tribe is Not Available and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Petunia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Solanales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Petunia subfamilies are, Petunioideae and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Petunia and Cereus and other products also.