Scientific Classification of Sourwood and Cereus

Sourwood and Cereus Kingdom

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

Sourwood and Cereus Family

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

Sourwood and Cereus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Sourwood and Cereus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Sourwood and Cereus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Oxydendrum and other plant's genus is Selenicereus. Sourwood tribe is Oxydendreae and Cereus tribe is Hylocereeae. Sourwood clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Ericales whereas Cereus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Sourwood subfamilies are, Vaccinioideae and Cereus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Sourwood and Cereus and other products also.