Scientific Classification of Iris and Elephant Ear

Iris and Elephant Ear Kingdom

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

Iris and Elephant Ear Family

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

Iris and Elephant Ear Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Iris and Elephant Ear genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Iris and Elephant Ear, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Iris and other plant's genus is Alocasia. Iris tribe is Irideae and Elephant Ear tribe is Colocasiodeae. Iris clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Asparagales whereas Elephant Ear clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Alismatales. Every plant have subfamilies. Iris subfamilies are, Iridoideae and Elephant Ear subfamilies are Aroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Iris and Elephant Ear and other products also.