The scientific classification of Pohutukawa and Japanese Crab Apple 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. Pohutukawa and Japanese Crab Apple kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Pohutukawa and Japanese Crab Apple family is a major factor of Pohutukawa and Japanese Crab Apple 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. Pohutukawa belongs to the family Myrtaceae and Japanese Crab Apple belongs to the family Rosaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Pohutukawa and Japanese Crab Apple genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Pohutukawa and Japanese Crab Apple, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Metrosideros and other plant's genus is Malus. Pohutukawa tribe is Not Available and Japanese Crab Apple tribe is Maleae. Pohutukawa clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Myrtales whereas Japanese Crab Apple clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Rosales. Every plant have subfamilies. Pohutukawa subfamilies are, Not Available and Japanese Crab Apple subfamilies are Amygdaloideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Pohutukawa and Japanese Crab Apple and other products also.