The scientific classification of Elephant Bush and Pachypodium 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 Pachypodium kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Elephant Bush and Pachypodium family is a major factor of Elephant Bush and Pachypodium 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 Pachypodium belongs to the family Apocynaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Elephant Bush and Pachypodium genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Elephant Bush and Pachypodium, 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 pachypodium. Elephant Bush tribe is Not Available and Pachypodium tribe is Malouetieae. Elephant Bush clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Pachypodium clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Gentianales. Every plant have subfamilies. Elephant Bush subfamilies are, Portulacarioideae and Pachypodium subfamilies are Apocynoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Elephant Bush and Pachypodium and other products also.