Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Chlorophyta

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Current position

Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)

Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).

Alternative positions

Chlorophycota (Division)	Ref: R.E. Norris, 1982: 162.
Chlorophyta (Division) Reichenbach (1834)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541. [implicit]
Chlorophytina (Subdivision)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541. [misplaced]
flagellated protists ([unranked])	Ref: Ø. Moestrup, 2000: 1253.
Viridiplantae ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 1981	Ref: J. Simons et al., 2010: 62.

Historical positions

Viridiplantae ([unranked]) Cavalier-Smith, 1981	Ref: J. Simons et al., 2010: 62, 63.
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: tables (pp. 123, 125), App. 1 (p. 1027).
Chlorophyta (Division) Reichenbach (1834)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541, fig. 18. [implicit]
Chlorophytina (Subdivision)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541. [misplaced]
Eukaryota ([unranked]) Chatton, 1925	Ref: T. Koray, 2001: 19. [rough position]
flagellated protists ([unranked])	Ref: Ø. Moestrup, 2000: 1253-1256.
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: M. Melkonian, 1990: xiv, xv, 600-607; 598.
Chlorophycota (Division)	Ref: R.E. Norris, 1982: 162.
Chlorophyta (Division) Reichenbach (1834)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981: 10.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†9g;29s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5o;8f;26g];137s
1996-present	M.D. Guiry & G.M. Guiry: 14 Jun 2008	[5o;8f;26g];137s
2004	L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt: 1541	[4o]
2004	L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt: 1541	[4o]
2000	Ø. Moestrup	1c;[3o;7f];(20g)
1990	M. Melkonian	[4o;8[9]f];13[17]g;~120s
1982	R.E. Norris	5o[7f]