The scientific classification of Purple Butterbur and Creeping Mazus 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. Purple Butterbur and Creeping Mazus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Purple Butterbur and Creeping Mazus family is a major factor of Purple Butterbur and Creeping Mazus 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. Purple Butterbur belongs to the family Asteraceae and Creeping Mazus belongs to the family Scrophulariaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Purple Butterbur and Creeping Mazus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Purple Butterbur and Creeping Mazus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Petasites and other plant's genus is Mazus. Purple Butterbur tribe is Senecioneae and Creeping Mazus tribe is Mimuleae. Purple Butterbur clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales whereas Creeping Mazus clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Scrophulariales. Every plant have subfamilies. Purple Butterbur subfamilies are, Not Available and Creeping Mazus subfamilies are Mimuloideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Purple Butterbur and Creeping Mazus and other products also.