The scientific classification of Sourwood and Silver Maple 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 Silver Maple kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Sourwood and Silver Maple family is a major factor of Sourwood and Silver Maple 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 Silver Maple belongs to the family Aceraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Sourwood and Silver Maple genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Sourwood and Silver Maple, 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 Acer. Sourwood tribe is Oxydendreae and Silver Maple tribe is Acereae. Sourwood clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Ericales whereas Silver Maple clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Sapindales. Every plant have subfamilies. Sourwood subfamilies are, Vaccinioideae and Silver Maple subfamilies are Hippocastanoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Sourwood and Silver Maple and other products also.