Scientific Classification of Poinsettia and Cereus

Poinsettia and Cereus Kingdom

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

Poinsettia and Cereus Family

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

Poinsettia and Cereus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Poinsettia and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Poinsettia and Cereus, 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 Selenicereus. Poinsettia tribe is Not Available and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Poinsettia clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Malpighiales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Poinsettia subfamilies are, Not Available and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Poinsettia and Cereus and other products also.