The scientific classification of Sunflower and Gardenia 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 Gardenia kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Sunflower and Gardenia family is a major factor of Sunflower and Gardenia 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 Gardenia belongs to the family Rubiaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Sunflower and Gardenia genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Sunflower and Gardenia, 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 Gardenia. Sunflower tribe is Heliantheae and Gardenia tribe is Gardenieae. Sunflower clade is Not Available and order is Asterales whereas Gardenia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Gentianales. Every plant have subfamilies. Sunflower subfamilies are, Helianthodeae and Gardenia subfamilies are Ixoroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Sunflower and Gardenia and other products also.