The scientific classification of Old Man Cactus and Big leaf Maple 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. Old Man Cactus and Big leaf Maple kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Old Man Cactus and Big leaf Maple family is a major factor of Old Man Cactus and Big leaf Maple 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. Old Man Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae and Big leaf Maple belongs to the family Aceraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Old Man Cactus and Big leaf Maple genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Old Man Cactus and Big leaf Maple, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Cephalocereus and other plant's genus is Acer. Old Man Cactus tribe is Pachycereeae and Big leaf Maple tribe is Not Available. Old Man Cactus clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Big leaf Maple clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales. Every plant have subfamilies. Old Man Cactus subfamilies are, Cactoideae and Big leaf Maple subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Old Man Cactus and Big leaf Maple and other products also.