Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Chlorophyta

Phylogeny

Questionably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 421.

Current position

core chlorophytes ([unranked])

Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: fig. 3.

Alternative positions

Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: J. Simons et al., 2010: 62.
Chlorophytina (Subdivision)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541.
Ulvophyta (Division) F.E. Round (1984), nom. nud.	Ref: P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane, 1997a: table 7.1 (p. 228).

Historical positions

core chlorophytes ([unranked])	Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: 16-18, fig. 3; 10.
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: J. Simons et al., 2010: 62.
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: tables (pp. 123, 125), App. 1 (p. 1027).
Chlorophyta (Section) Reichenbach (1834)	Ref: S. Berger, 2006: 3; 1. [out of scope (coherent)]
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 421.
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: C.F. Delwiche et al., 2004: 129-130, fig. 9.2c; 128.
Chlorophytina (Subdivision)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541, 1542, fig. 18.
Ulvophyta (Division) F.E. Round (1984), nom. nud.	Ref: P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane, 1997a: table 7.1 (p. 228).
Ulvophyta (Division) F.E. Round (1984), nom. nud.	Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 98).
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: G.L. Floyd & C.J. O'Kelly, 1990: xiv, xv, 617-635.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7o;28f;152g;810s;14ss;75v; †2o;4f
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[7o]
1996-present	M.D. Guiry & G.M. Guiry: 14 Jun 2008	[7o];920s
1996-present	M.D. Guiry & G.M. Guiry: 14 Jun 2008	[7o];920s
2004	L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt: 1541, fig. 19	[6o]
2004	L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt: 1541, fig. 19	[6o]
1990	G.L. Floyd & C.J. O'Kelly	[5o]