Scientific Classification of Gardenia and Citrus

Gardenia and Citrus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Gardenia and Citrus 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. Gardenia and Citrus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Gardenia and Citrus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Gardenia and Citrus family is a major factor of Gardenia and Citrus 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. Gardenia belongs to the family Rubiaceae and Citrus belongs to the family Rutaceae.

Gardenia and Citrus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Gardenia and Citrus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Gardenia and Citrus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Gardenia and other plant's genus is Citrus. Gardenia tribe is Gardenieae and Citrus tribe is Citreae. Gardenia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Gentianales whereas Citrus clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales. Every plant have subfamilies. Gardenia subfamilies are, Ixoroideae and Citrus subfamilies are Asteroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Gardenia and Citrus and other products also.