Scientific Classification of Sunflower and Winter Squash

Sunflower and Winter Squash Kingdom

The scientific classification of Sunflower and Winter Squash 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 Winter Squash kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Sunflower and Winter Squash Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Sunflower and Winter Squash family is a major factor of Sunflower and Winter Squash 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 Winter Squash belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae.

Sunflower and Winter Squash Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Sunflower and Winter Squash genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Sunflower and Winter Squash, 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 Cucurbita. Sunflower tribe is Heliantheae and Winter Squash tribe is Not Available. Sunflower clade is Not Available and order is Asterales whereas Winter Squash clade is Angiosperms, Eudicots and Rosids and order is Violales. Every plant have subfamilies. Sunflower subfamilies are, Helianthodeae and Winter Squash subfamilies are Papilionoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Sunflower and Winter Squash and other products also.