The scientific classification of Chinese Dogwood and Smokebush 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. Chinese Dogwood and Smokebush kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Chinese Dogwood and Smokebush family is a major factor of Chinese Dogwood and Smokebush 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. Chinese Dogwood belongs to the family Cornaceae and Smokebush belongs to the family Anacardiaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Chinese Dogwood and Smokebush genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Chinese Dogwood and Smokebush, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Cornus and other plant's genus is Cotinus. Chinese Dogwood tribe is Not Available and Smokebush tribe is Rhoeae. Chinese Dogwood clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Cornales whereas Smokebush clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales. Every plant have subfamilies. Chinese Dogwood subfamilies are, Cornoideae and Smokebush subfamilies are Anacardioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Chinese Dogwood and Smokebush and other products also.