The scientific classification of Portulaca and Mexican Marigold 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. Portulaca and Mexican Marigold kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Portulaca and Mexican Marigold family is a major factor of Portulaca and Mexican Marigold 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. Portulaca belongs to the family Portulacaceae and Mexican Marigold belongs to the family Asteraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Portulaca and Mexican Marigold genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Portulaca and Mexican Marigold, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Portulaca and other plant's genus is Tagetes. Portulaca tribe is Not Available and Mexican Marigold tribe is Tageteae. Portulaca clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Mexican Marigold clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales. Every plant have subfamilies. Portulaca subfamilies are, Not Available and Mexican Marigold subfamilies are Asteroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Portulaca and Mexican Marigold and other products also.