The scientific classification of Easter cactus and Silver 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. Easter cactus and Silver Maple kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Easter cactus and Silver Maple family is a major factor of Easter cactus and Silver 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. Easter cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae and Silver Maple belongs to the family Aceraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Easter cactus and Silver Maple genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Easter cactus and Silver Maple, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Hatiora and other plant's genus is Acer. Easter cactus tribe is Rhipsalideae and Silver Maple tribe is Acereae. Easter cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Silver Maple clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales. Every plant have subfamilies. Easter cactus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Silver Maple subfamilies are Hippocastanoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Easter cactus and Silver Maple and other products also.