The scientific classification of Fern Pine and American Chestnut 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. Fern Pine and American Chestnut kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Fern Pine and American Chestnut family is a major factor of Fern Pine and American Chestnut 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. Fern Pine belongs to the family Podocarpaceae and American Chestnut belongs to the family Fagaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Fern Pine and American Chestnut genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Fern Pine and American Chestnut, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Afrocarpus and other plant's genus is Castanea. Fern Pine tribe is Not Available and American Chestnut tribe is Not Available. Fern Pine clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Pinales whereas American Chestnut clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Fagales. Every plant have subfamilies. Fern Pine subfamilies are, Faboideae and American Chestnut subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Fern Pine and American Chestnut and other products also.