The scientific classification of Elephant Bush and Hoodia 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. Elephant Bush and Hoodia kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Elephant Bush and Hoodia family is a major factor of Elephant Bush and Hoodia 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. Elephant Bush belongs to the family Portulacaceae and Hoodia belongs to the family Apocynaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Elephant Bush and Hoodia genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Elephant Bush and Hoodia, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Portulacaria and other plant's genus is Hoodia. Elephant Bush tribe is Not Available and Hoodia tribe is Stapeliae. Elephant Bush clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Hoodia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Gentianales. Every plant have subfamilies. Elephant Bush subfamilies are, Portulacarioideae and Hoodia subfamilies are Asclepiadoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Elephant Bush and Hoodia and other products also.