The scientific classification of Sunflower and American Hornbeam 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. Sunflower and American Hornbeam kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Sunflower and American Hornbeam family is a major factor of Sunflower and American Hornbeam 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. Sunflower belongs to the family Asteraceae and American Hornbeam belongs to the family Betulaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Sunflower and American Hornbeam genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Sunflower and American Hornbeam, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Heilanthus and other plant's genus is Carpinus. Sunflower tribe is Heliantheae and American Hornbeam tribe is Not Available. Sunflower clade is Not Available and order is Asterales whereas American Hornbeam clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Fagales. Every plant have subfamilies. Sunflower subfamilies are, Helianthodeae and American Hornbeam subfamilies are Not Available. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Sunflower and American Hornbeam and other products also.