The scientific classification of Japanese Barberry and Leatherwood 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. Japanese Barberry and Leatherwood kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Japanese Barberry and Leatherwood family is a major factor of Japanese Barberry and Leatherwood 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. Japanese Barberry belongs to the family Berberidaceae and Leatherwood belongs to the family Cyrillaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Japanese Barberry and Leatherwood genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Japanese Barberry and Leatherwood, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Berberis and other plant's genus is Cyrilla. Japanese Barberry tribe is Not Available and Leatherwood tribe is Not Available. Japanese Barberry clade is Angiosperms and Eudicots and order is Ranunculales whereas Leatherwood clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Ericales. Every plant have subfamilies. Japanese Barberry subfamilies are, Not Available and Leatherwood subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Japanese Barberry and Leatherwood and other products also.