The scientific classification of Cardinal Flower and Barberry 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. Cardinal Flower and Barberry kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Cardinal Flower and Barberry family is a major factor of Cardinal Flower and Barberry 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. Cardinal Flower belongs to the family Lobeliaceae and Barberry belongs to the family Berberidaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Cardinal Flower and Barberry genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cardinal Flower and Barberry, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Lobelia and other plant's genus is Berberis. Cardinal Flower tribe is Not Available and Barberry tribe is Not Available. Cardinal Flower clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales whereas Barberry clade is Angiosperms and Eudicots and order is Ranunculales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cardinal Flower subfamilies are, Lobelioideae and Barberry subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cardinal Flower and Barberry and other products also.