The scientific classification of Portulaca and Water Spinach 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 Water Spinach kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Portulaca and Water Spinach family is a major factor of Portulaca and Water Spinach 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 Water Spinach belongs to the family Convolvulaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Portulaca and Water Spinach genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Portulaca and Water Spinach, 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 Ipomoea. Portulaca tribe is Not Available and Water Spinach tribe is Ipomoeeae. Portulaca clade is Angiosperms, Core eudicots and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales whereas Water Spinach clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Solanales. Every plant have subfamilies. Portulaca subfamilies are, Not Available and Water Spinach subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Portulaca and Water Spinach and other products also.