Scientific Classification of Elephant Ear and Alternanthera

Elephant Ear and Alternanthera Kingdom

The scientific classification of Elephant Ear and Alternanthera 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 Ear and Alternanthera kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Elephant Ear and Alternanthera Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Elephant Ear and Alternanthera family is a major factor of Elephant Ear and Alternanthera 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 Ear belongs to the family Araceae and Alternanthera belongs to the family Amaranthaceae.

Elephant Ear and Alternanthera Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Elephant Ear and Alternanthera genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Elephant Ear and Alternanthera, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Alocasia and other plant's genus is Alternanthera. Elephant Ear tribe is Colocasiodeae and Alternanthera tribe is Not Available. Elephant Ear clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Alismatales whereas Alternanthera clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Elephant Ear subfamilies are, Aroideae and Alternanthera subfamilies are Gomphrenoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Elephant Ear and Alternanthera and other products also.