The scientific classification of Bay Laurel and American Basswood 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. Bay Laurel and American Basswood kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Bay Laurel and American Basswood family is a major factor of Bay Laurel and American Basswood 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. Bay Laurel belongs to the family Lauraceae and American Basswood belongs to the family Tiliaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Bay Laurel and American Basswood genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Bay Laurel and American Basswood, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Laurus and other plant's genus is Tilia. Bay Laurel tribe is Not Available and American Basswood tribe is Tileae. Bay Laurel clade is Angiosperms and Magnoliids and order is Laurales whereas American Basswood clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Malvales. Every plant have subfamilies. Bay Laurel subfamilies are, Not Available and American Basswood subfamilies are Tilioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Bay Laurel and American Basswood and other products also.