The scientific classification of Japanese Maple and Western Redbud 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 Maple and Western Redbud kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Japanese Maple and Western Redbud family is a major factor of Japanese Maple and Western Redbud 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 Maple belongs to the family Aceraceae and Western Redbud belongs to the family Fabaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Japanese Maple and Western Redbud genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Japanese Maple and Western Redbud, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Acer and other plant's genus is Cercis. Japanese Maple tribe is Not Available and Western Redbud tribe is Cercideae. Japanese Maple clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales whereas Western Redbud clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Fabales. Every plant have subfamilies. Japanese Maple subfamilies are, Not Available and Western Redbud subfamilies are Caesalpinioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Japanese Maple and Western Redbud and other products also.