Scientific Classification of Heliconia and Iris

Heliconia and Iris Kingdom

The scientific classification of Heliconia and Iris 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. Heliconia and Iris kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Heliconia and Iris Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Heliconia and Iris family is a major factor of Heliconia and Iris 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. Heliconia belongs to the family Heliconiaceae and Iris belongs to the family Iridaceae.

Heliconia and Iris Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Heliconia and Iris genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Heliconia and Iris, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Heliconia and other plant's genus is Iris. Heliconia tribe is Not Available and Iris tribe is Irideae. Heliconia clade is Angiosperms, Commelinids and Monocots and order is Zingiberales whereas Iris clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Asparagales. Every plant have subfamilies. Heliconia subfamilies are, Not Available and Iris subfamilies are Iridoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Heliconia and Iris and other products also.