Scientific Classification of Petunia and Dahlia

Petunia and Dahlia Kingdom

The scientific classification of Petunia and Dahlia 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. Petunia and Dahlia kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Petunia and Dahlia Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Petunia and Dahlia family is a major factor of Petunia and Dahlia 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. Petunia belongs to the family Solanaceae and Dahlia belongs to the family Asteraceae.

Petunia and Dahlia Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Petunia and Dahlia genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Petunia and Dahlia, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Petunia and other plant's genus is Dahlia. Petunia tribe is Not Available and Dahlia tribe is Coreopsideae. Petunia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Solanales whereas Dahlia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales. Every plant have subfamilies. Petunia subfamilies are, Petunioideae and Dahlia subfamilies are Asteroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Petunia and Dahlia and other products also.