The scientific classification of Bottle Tree and Sand Dollar Cactus 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. Bottle Tree and Sand Dollar Cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Bottle Tree and Sand Dollar Cactus family is a major factor of Bottle Tree and Sand Dollar Cactus 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. Bottle Tree belongs to the family Sterculiaceae and Sand Dollar Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Bottle Tree and Sand Dollar Cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Bottle Tree and Sand Dollar Cactus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is brachychiton and other plant's genus is Astrophytum. Bottle Tree tribe is Sterculieae and Sand Dollar Cactus tribe is Cacteae. Bottle Tree clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Malvales whereas Sand Dollar Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Bottle Tree subfamilies are, Sterculioideae and Sand Dollar Cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Bottle Tree and Sand Dollar Cactus and other products also.