Scientific Classification of Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus

Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Pumpkin and Old Man 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. Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus family is a major factor of Pumpkin and Old Man 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. Pumpkin belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and Old Man Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Cucurbita and other plant's genus is Cephalocereus. Pumpkin tribe is Cucurbiteae and Old Man Cactus tribe is Pachycereeae. Pumpkin clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Violales whereas Old Man Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Pumpkin subfamilies are, Cucurbitoideae and Old Man Cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Pumpkin and Old Man Cactus and other products also.