Position in a system
species
Giant Dogwood
Cornus controversa Hemsl. ex Prain
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. - flowering plants |
| class | Rosopsida Batsch - eudicots |
| order | Cornales Dumortier |
| family | Cornaceae Dumort. |
| subfamily | Cornoideae Endlicher |
| genus | Cornus L. - dogwood |
| species | Cornus controversa Hemsl. ex Prain - Giant Dogwood |