Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista

Phylogeny

Questionably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 252.

Descendants

Questionably Pseudofungi (Subphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1986)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 253.

Subsequent positions

Gyrista (Superphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1998)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 252. [assumed]

Subsequent entries

Khakista (Subphylum) Caval.-Sm. (2000)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2000: 384.

Current position

Heterokonta (Superphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1986)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2015: table 1 (p. 344).

Alternative positions

Chromista (Kingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1981)	Ref: O. Bánki et al., 2023: 17 Aug 2023.
Gyrista (Superphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 252. [new position]
Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1986)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.

Historical positions

Chromista (Kingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1981)	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 129).
Heterokonta (Superphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1986)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2015: table 1 (p. 344).
Heterokonta (Superphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1986)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 16).
Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1986)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77), fig. 4.1.
Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1986)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.
Gyrista (Superphylum) Caval.-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 7 (p. 252). [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	15c;86o;209f;904g;3478s;9ss;556v; †10g;25s;20ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 6 Mar 2016	[15c]
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 129)	2,554*ng;1,894[-1,988]*g; †18.5%g
2004	T. Cavalier-Smith: table 4.1 (p. 77)	[12c]
1998	T. Cavalier-Smith	[2sp]