Scientific Classification of Lettuce and Shell Ginger

Lettuce and Shell Ginger Kingdom

The scientific classification of Lettuce and Shell Ginger 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. Lettuce and Shell Ginger kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Lettuce and Shell Ginger Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Lettuce and Shell Ginger family is a major factor of Lettuce and Shell Ginger 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. Lettuce belongs to the family Asteraceae and Shell Ginger belongs to the family Zingiberaceae.

Lettuce and Shell Ginger Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Lettuce and Shell Ginger genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Lettuce and Shell Ginger, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Lactuca and other plant's genus is Alpinia. Lettuce tribe is Cichorieae and Shell Ginger tribe is Alpinieae. Lettuce clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales whereas Shell Ginger clade is Angiosperms, Commelinids and Monocots and order is Zingiberales. Every plant have subfamilies. Lettuce subfamilies are, and Shell Ginger subfamilies are Alpinioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Lettuce and Shell Ginger and other products also.