Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Charophyta - (Class) Charophyceae

Current position

Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 29).

Alternative positions

Charophyta ([unranked]) Karol et al. (2001)	Ref: C.F. Delwiche et al., 2004: fig. 9.2d.
charophytes ([unranked])	Ref: M.J. Donoghue, 2004: fig. 33.1. [inferred rank]
Streptophyta (Clade) Jeffrey 1967 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: J. Simons & E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 65.
Streptophytina ([unranked]) Lewis & McCourt (2004)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 423. [inferred rank]

Historical positions

Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 29).
Streptophyta (Clade) Jeffrey 1967 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: J. Simons & E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 65.
Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: table (p. 125), App. 1 (p. 1027).
Charophyta (Phylum) Migula (1889)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 175, 927.
Streptophytina ([unranked]) Lewis & McCourt (2004)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 423.
charophytes ([unranked])	Ref: M.J. Donoghue, 2004: fig. 33.1.
Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541.
Charophyta ([unranked]) Karol et al. (2001)	Ref: C.F. Delwiche et al., 2004: 131, fig. 9.2d.
Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 6 (p. 250).
Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)	Ref: M.C. Grant, 1990: xv, 641-648.
Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)	Ref: F.K. Daily, 1982: 161.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;6g;18s; †2f
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1f;[6g]; †5f
2008	D.J. Mabberley: 175	1f;[6g]; †5f
1982	F.K. Daily	1f[6g]