Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Coleochaetophyta - (Class) Coleochaetophyceae

Subsequent positions

Chaetophycidae (Subclass) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 250. [assumed]

Current position

Coleochaetophyceae (Class) Bessey ex Woods (1894)

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

Alternative positions

Chaetophycidae (Subclass) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 250. [new position]
Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
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]
Chlorophyceae (Class) Wille (1884)	Ref: P.C. Silva, 1982: 159.
Streptophyta (Clade) Jeffrey 1967 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: J. Simons & E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 65.

Historical positions

Coleochaetophyceae (Class) Bessey ex Woods (1894)	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).
Coleochaetophyceae (Class) Bessey ex Woods (1894)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541.
charophytes ([unranked])	Ref: M.J. Donoghue, 2004: fig. 33.1.
Charophyta ([unranked]) Karol et al. (2001)	Ref: C.F. Delwiche et al., 2004: 131, fig. 9.2d.
Chaetophycidae (Subclass) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 6 (p. 250). [new position]
Charophyceae (Class) Rabenh. (1863)	Ref: L. Graham, 1990: xv, 636-640.
Chlorophyceae (Class) Wille (1884)	Ref: P.C. Silva, 1982: 159.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;1g;7s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Jan 2020	[1f;1g]
1982	S.P. Parker	2f;3-4g;[17s]
1982	P.C. Silva	2f3-4g[17s]