The scientific classification of Sand Dollar Cactus and Malabar nut 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. Sand Dollar Cactus and Malabar nut kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Sand Dollar Cactus and Malabar nut family is a major factor of Sand Dollar Cactus and Malabar nut 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. Sand Dollar Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae and Malabar nut belongs to the family Acanthaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Sand Dollar Cactus and Malabar nut genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Sand Dollar Cactus and Malabar nut, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Astrophytum and other plant's genus is Justicia. Sand Dollar Cactus tribe is Cacteae and Malabar nut tribe is Justicieae. Sand Dollar Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Malabar nut clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Scrophulariales. Every plant have subfamilies. Sand Dollar Cactus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Malabar nut subfamilies are Acanthoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Sand Dollar Cactus and Malabar nut and other products also.