The scientific classification of Flowering Maple and Silver Sage 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 Silver Sage kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Flowering Maple and Silver Sage family is a major factor of Flowering Maple and Silver Sage 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 Silver Sage belongs to the family Lamiaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Flowering Maple and Silver Sage genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Flowering Maple and Silver Sage, 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 Salvia. Flowering Maple tribe is Malveae and Silver Sage tribe is Mentheae. Flowering Maple clade is Angiosperms and Rosids and order is Malvales whereas Silver Sage clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Lamiales. Every plant have subfamilies. Flowering Maple subfamilies are, Malvoideae and Silver Sage subfamilies are Nepetoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Flowering Maple and Silver Sage and other products also.