The scientific classification of Christmas Cactus and Paperbark Maple 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. Christmas Cactus and Paperbark Maple kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Christmas Cactus and Paperbark Maple family is a major factor of Christmas Cactus and Paperbark Maple 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. Christmas Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae and Paperbark Maple belongs to the family Aceraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Christmas Cactus and Paperbark Maple genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Christmas Cactus and Paperbark Maple, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Schlumbergera and other plant's genus is Acer. Christmas Cactus tribe is Not Available and Paperbark Maple tribe is Not Available. Christmas Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Paperbark Maple clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales. Every plant have subfamilies. Christmas Cactus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Paperbark Maple subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Christmas Cactus and Paperbark Maple and other products also.