Scientific Classification of Lily and Heather

Lily and Heather Kingdom

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

Lily and Heather Family

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

Lily and Heather Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Lily and Heather genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Lily and Heather, 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 Calluna. Lily tribe is Lilieae and Heather tribe is Ericeae. Lily clade is Angiosperms and Monocots and order is Liliales whereas Heather clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Ericales. Every plant have subfamilies. Lily subfamilies are, Lilioideae and Heather subfamilies are Ericoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Lily and Heather and other products also.