Scientific Classification of Iris and Gardenia

Iris and Gardenia Kingdom

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

Iris and Gardenia Family

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

Iris and Gardenia Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Iris and Gardenia genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Iris and Gardenia, 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 Gardenia. Iris tribe is Irideae and Gardenia tribe is Gardenieae. Iris clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Asparagales whereas Gardenia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Gentianales. Every plant have subfamilies. Iris subfamilies are, Iridoideae and Gardenia subfamilies are Ixoroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Iris and Gardenia and other products also.