The scientific classification of Lodgepole Pine and Japanese Butterbur 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. Lodgepole Pine and Japanese Butterbur kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Lodgepole Pine and Japanese Butterbur family is a major factor of Lodgepole Pine and Japanese Butterbur 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. Lodgepole Pine belongs to the family Pinaceae and Japanese Butterbur belongs to the family Asteraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Lodgepole Pine and Japanese Butterbur genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Lodgepole Pine and Japanese Butterbur, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Pinus and other plant's genus is Petasites. Lodgepole Pine tribe is Not Available and Japanese Butterbur tribe is Not Available. Lodgepole Pine clade is Not Available and order is Pinales whereas Japanese Butterbur clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales. Every plant have subfamilies. Lodgepole Pine subfamilies are, Not Available and Japanese Butterbur subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Lodgepole Pine and Japanese Butterbur and other products also.