The scientific classification of Great Blue Lobelia and Cardinal Flower 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. Great Blue Lobelia and Cardinal Flower kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Great Blue Lobelia and Cardinal Flower family is a major factor of Great Blue Lobelia and Cardinal Flower 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. Great Blue Lobelia belongs to the family Lobeliaceae and Cardinal Flower belongs to the family Lobeliaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Great Blue Lobelia and Cardinal Flower genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Great Blue Lobelia and Cardinal Flower, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Lobelia and other plant's genus is Lobelia. Great Blue Lobelia tribe is Not Available and Cardinal Flower tribe is Not Available. Great Blue Lobelia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Campanulales whereas Cardinal Flower clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales. Every plant have subfamilies. Great Blue Lobelia subfamilies are, Lobelioideae and Cardinal Flower subfamilies are Lobelioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Great Blue Lobelia and Cardinal Flower and other products also.