The scientific classification of American Hornbeam and Privet 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. American Hornbeam and Privet kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. American Hornbeam and Privet family is a major factor of American Hornbeam and Privet 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. American Hornbeam belongs to the family Betulaceae and Privet belongs to the family Oleaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, American Hornbeam and Privet genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare American Hornbeam and Privet, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Carpinus and other plant's genus is Ligustrum. American Hornbeam tribe is Not Available and Privet tribe is Oleeae. American Hornbeam clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Fagales whereas Privet clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Scrophulariales. Every plant have subfamilies. American Hornbeam subfamilies are, Not Available and Privet subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of American Hornbeam and Privet and other products also.