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Taxon: Class Xanthophyceae P. Allorge ex Fritsch (1935) - yellow-green algae (alga)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Ochrophyta

Original position

Chrysophyta (Division)

Current position

Fucistia (Superclass) Caval.-Sm. (1995) Ref: M.A. Harper et al., 2012: 146.

Alternative positions

Chromophycota (Division) Ref: D.J. Hibberd, 1982: 91.
Chromophyta (Division) T.A.Chr. (1962), nom. nud. Ref: F. Weberling & H.O. Schwantes, 1972: 222.
Chrysista (Infraphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1993) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77).
Chrysophyta (Division) Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981: 10.
Heterokonta (Phylum) Caval.-Sm. (1986)
Heterokontophyta (Phylum) Moestrup (1992) Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
Ochrophyta (Phylum) Caval.-Sm. (1995) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 19).
Phaeistia (Superclass) Caval.-Sm. (1995) [indirect]
Stramenopiles ([unranked]) Patterson, 1990 Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 456). [inferred rank]
Xanthophyta (Phylum) Allorge, in Fritsch (1935)

Historical positions

Stramenopiles ([unranked]) Patterson, 1990 Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 456-457).
Heterokontophyta (Phylum) Moestrup (1992) Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: table (p. 123), App. 1 (p. 1027).
Stramenopiles ([unranked]) Patterson, 1990 Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 429.
Chrysista (Infraphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1993) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77).
Eukaryota ([unranked]) Chatton, 1925 Ref: T. Koray, 2001: 12. [rough position]
Heterokontophyta (Phylum) Moestrup (1992) Ref: M. Guiry, 2001: 24.
Xanthophyta (Phylum) Allorge, in Fritsch (1935) Ref: L. Margulis et al., 1990: xiv.
Chromophycota (Division) Ref: D.J. Hibberd, 1982: 91.
Chrysophyta (Division) Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981: 10.
Chromophyta (Division) T.A.Chr. (1962), nom. nud. Ref: F. Weberling & H.O. Schwantes, 1972: 222.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 5o;21f;103g;453s;1v
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 7 Mar 2016 [5o;21f]
1982 S.P. Parker 6o[26f114g]600[>647]s
1982 D.J. Hibberd 6o[26f114g]600[>647]s
1981 L.J. Audus & V. Heywood ~450s
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