Scientific Classification of Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood

Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood Kingdom

The scientific classification of Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood 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. Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood family is a major factor of Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood 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. Sourwood belongs to the family Ericaceae and Eastern Cottonwood belongs to the family Salicaceae.

Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Oxydendrum and other plant's genus is Populus. Sourwood tribe is Oxydendreae and Eastern Cottonwood tribe is Not Available. Sourwood clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Ericales whereas Eastern Cottonwood clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Salicales. Every plant have subfamilies. Sourwood subfamilies are, Vaccinioideae and Eastern Cottonwood subfamilies are Salicoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Sourwood and Eastern Cottonwood and other products also.