Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Rhodophyta - (Class) Compsopogonophyceae

Subsequent positions

Compsopogonophyceae (Class) G.W.Saunders & Hommers. (2004)		Ref: G.W. Saunders & M.H. Hommersand, 2004: 1503.
Rhodellophyceae (Class) Caval.-Sm. (1998)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 249. [assumed]

Current position

Compsopogonophyceae (Class) G.W.Saunders & Hommers. (2004)

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 28).

Alternative positions

Bangiophycidae (Subclass)	[indirect]
Bangiophycideae (Subclass)	Ref: P.S. Dixon, 1982: 63.
Rhodellophyceae (Class) Caval.-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 249. [new position]
Rhodophyceae (Class) Thuret (1855)	Ref: M. Guiry, 2001: 33.

Historical positions

Compsopogonophyceae (Class) G.W.Saunders & Hommers. (2004)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 28).
Compsopogonophyceae (Class) G.W.Saunders & Hommers. (2004)	Ref: G.W. Saunders & M.H. Hommersand, 2004: 1503, fig. 2. [new position]
Rhodophyceae (Class) Thuret (1855)	Ref: M. Guiry, 2001: 33.
Rhodellophyceae (Class) Caval.-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 249. [new position]
Bangiophycideae (Subclass)	Ref: P.S. Dixon, 1982: 63.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2f;2g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 23 May 2023	[2f;2g]
2004	G.W. Saunders & M.H. Hommersand: 1503	[2f]
1997	TAMU	1g1s
1982	S.P. Parker	1g12s
1982	P.S. Dixon	1f1g12s