Position in a system
species
Escontria chiotilla (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Rose
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. - flowering plants |
| class | Rosopsida Batsch - eudicots |
| order | Caryophyllales Perleb |
| family | Cactaceae Jussieu |
| subfamily | Cactoideae Eaton |
| tribus | Pachycereeae F. Buxbaum |
| genus | Escontria Rose |
| species | Escontria chiotilla (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Rose |