The scientific classification of Cardinal Flower and Bougainvillea 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 Bougainvillea kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Cardinal Flower and Bougainvillea family is a major factor of Cardinal Flower and Bougainvillea 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 Bougainvillea belongs to the family Nyctaginaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Cardinal Flower and Bougainvillea genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cardinal Flower and Bougainvillea, 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 Bougainvillea. Cardinal Flower tribe is Not Available and Bougainvillea tribe is Not Available. Cardinal Flower clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales whereas Bougainvillea clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cardinal Flower subfamilies are, Lobelioideae and Bougainvillea subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cardinal Flower and Bougainvillea and other products also.