The scientific classification of Flowering Maple and American Basswood 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. Flowering Maple and American Basswood kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Flowering Maple and American Basswood family is a major factor of Flowering Maple and American Basswood 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. Flowering Maple belongs to the family Malvaceae and American Basswood belongs to the family Tiliaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Flowering Maple and American Basswood genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Flowering Maple and American Basswood, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Abutilon and other plant's genus is Tilia. Flowering Maple tribe is Malveae and American Basswood tribe is Tileae. Flowering Maple clade is Angiosperms and Rosids and order is Malvales whereas American Basswood clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Malvales. Every plant have subfamilies. Flowering Maple subfamilies are, Malvoideae and American Basswood subfamilies are Tilioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Flowering Maple and American Basswood and other products also.