The scientific classification of Sourwood and Sacred Lotus 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 Sacred Lotus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Sourwood and Sacred Lotus family is a major factor of Sourwood and Sacred Lotus 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 Sacred Lotus belongs to the family Nymphaeaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Sourwood and Sacred Lotus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Sourwood and Sacred Lotus, 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 Abelia. Sourwood tribe is Oxydendreae and Sacred Lotus tribe is Not Available. Sourwood clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Ericales whereas Sacred Lotus clade is Angiosperms and Eudicots and order is Proteales. Every plant have subfamilies. Sourwood subfamilies are, Vaccinioideae and Sacred Lotus subfamilies are Nelumbonaceae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Sourwood and Sacred Lotus and other products also.