Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacillati - (Phylum) Bacillota - (Class) Bacilli - (Order) Caryophanales - (Family) Caryophanaceae

Subsequent positions

Aeroendospora (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.

Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 50. [assumed]

Current position

Caryophanaceae (Family) Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 Dec 2025]; LPSN[15 Dec 2025].

Alternative positions

Aeroendospora (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 50. [rough position]
Endospora (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 92. [rough position]
Endospore-forming rods and cocci ([unranked])	Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 36.
Planococcaceae (Family) Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 363.

Historical positions

Planococcaceae (Family) Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [9 Sep 2017]. [available name]
Planococcaceae (Family) Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 363.
Planococcaceae (Family) Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 18.
Planococcaceae (Family) Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 163.
Endospora (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 92. [rough position]
Aeroendospora (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 50. [rough position]
Endospore-forming rods and cocci ([unranked])	Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 36.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 23 Jul 2015	[8s]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[6s]
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	1s