The scientific classification of Cocoa Plant and Eastern Cottonwood 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. Cocoa Plant and Eastern Cottonwood kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Cocoa Plant and Eastern Cottonwood family is a major factor of Cocoa Plant and Eastern Cottonwood 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. Cocoa Plant belongs to the family Sterculiaceae and Eastern Cottonwood belongs to the family Salicaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Cocoa Plant and Eastern Cottonwood genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Cocoa Plant and Eastern Cottonwood, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Theobroma and other plant's genus is Populus. Cocoa Plant tribe is Theobromeae and Eastern Cottonwood tribe is Not Available. Cocoa Plant clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Malvales whereas Eastern Cottonwood clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Salicales. Every plant have subfamilies. Cocoa Plant subfamilies are, Byttneroideae and Eastern Cottonwood subfamilies are Salicoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Cocoa Plant and Eastern Cottonwood and other products also.