Scientific Classification of Iris and Silver Sage

Iris and Silver Sage Kingdom

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

Iris and Silver Sage Family

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

Iris and Silver Sage Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Iris and Silver Sage genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Iris and Silver Sage, 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 Salvia. Iris tribe is Irideae and Silver Sage tribe is Mentheae. Iris clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Asparagales whereas Silver Sage clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Lamiales. Every plant have subfamilies. Iris subfamilies are, Iridoideae and Silver Sage subfamilies are Nepetoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Iris and Silver Sage and other products also.