The scientific classification of Japanese Privet and Star Anise 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 Privet and Star Anise kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Japanese Privet and Star Anise family is a major factor of Japanese Privet and Star Anise 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 Privet belongs to the family Oleaceae and Star Anise belongs to the family Illiciaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Japanese Privet and Star Anise genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Japanese Privet and Star Anise, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Ligustrum and other plant's genus is Illicium. Japanese Privet tribe is Not Available and Star Anise tribe is Illicieae. Japanese Privet clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Lamiales whereas Star Anise clade is Angiosperms and order is Illiciales. Every plant have subfamilies. Japanese Privet subfamilies are, Not Available and Star Anise subfamilies are Illicioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Japanese Privet and Star Anise and other products also.