Scientific Classification of Lily and Gardenia

Lily and Gardenia Kingdom

The scientific classification of Lily and Gardenia 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. Lily and Gardenia kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Lily and Gardenia Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Lily and Gardenia family is a major factor of Lily and Gardenia 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. Lily belongs to the family Liliaceae and Gardenia belongs to the family Rubiaceae.

Lily and Gardenia Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Lily and Gardenia genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Lily and Gardenia, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Lilium and other plant's genus is Gardenia. Lily tribe is Lilieae and Gardenia tribe is Gardenieae. Lily clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Liliales whereas Gardenia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Gentianales. Every plant have subfamilies. Lily subfamilies are, Lilioideae and Gardenia subfamilies are Ixoroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Lily and Gardenia and other products also.