The scientific classification of Fountaingrass and Mexican Hat 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. Fountaingrass and Mexican Hat kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Fountaingrass and Mexican Hat family is a major factor of Fountaingrass and Mexican Hat 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. Fountaingrass belongs to the family Poaceae and Mexican Hat belongs to the family Asteraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Fountaingrass and Mexican Hat genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Fountaingrass and Mexican Hat, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Pennisetum and other plant's genus is Ratibida. Fountaingrass tribe is Paniceae and Mexican Hat tribe is Not Available. Fountaingrass clade is Angiosperms, Commelinids and Monocots and order is Cyperales whereas Mexican Hat clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales. Every plant have subfamilies. Fountaingrass subfamilies are, Panicoideae and Mexican Hat subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Fountaingrass and Mexican Hat and other products also.