The scientific classification of Red Pitaya and Jatropha 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. Red Pitaya and Jatropha kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Red Pitaya and Jatropha family is a major factor of Red Pitaya and Jatropha 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. Red Pitaya belongs to the family Cactaceae and Jatropha belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Red Pitaya and Jatropha genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Red Pitaya and Jatropha, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Hylocereus and other plant's genus is Jatropha. Red Pitaya tribe is Cacteae and Jatropha tribe is Jatropheae. Red Pitaya clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Jatropha clade is Dicotyledonous and order is Euphorbiales. Every plant have subfamilies. Red Pitaya subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Jatropha subfamilies are Crotonoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Red Pitaya and Jatropha and other products also.