The scientific classification of Basil and Sweet Potato 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. Basil and Sweet Potato kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Basil and Sweet Potato family is a major factor of Basil and Sweet Potato 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. Basil belongs to the family Lamiaceae and Sweet Potato belongs to the family Convolvulaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Basil and Sweet Potato genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Basil and Sweet Potato, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Ocimum and other plant's genus is Ipomoea. Basil tribe is Not Available and Sweet Potato tribe is Not Available. Basil clade is Asterids and order is Lamiales whereas Sweet Potato clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Solanales. Every plant have subfamilies. Basil subfamilies are, Not Available and Sweet Potato subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Basil and Sweet Potato and other products also.