Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Charophyta

Subsequent positions

Charophytae (Infraphylum) (Engl., 1887) Cavalier-Sm. (1998)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 250. [assumed]
Streptophyta (Clade) Jeffrey 1967 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: tables 6 (p. 97), 7 (p. 98). [implicit]

Current position

Charophyta (Phylum) Migula (1889)

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

Alternative positions

Charophyta (Division) Migula (1889)	Ref: P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane, 1997a: table 7.1 (p. 228).
Charophytae (Infraphylum) (Engl., 1887) Cavalier-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 250. [new position]
charophytes ([unranked])	Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: fig. 3.
Chlorophycota (Division)	Ref: F.K. Daily, 1982: 161.
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
Chlorophyta (Division) Reichenbach (1834)	Ref: F. Weberling & H.O. Schwantes, 1972: 215.
phragmoplastophytina ([unranked])	Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: 17. [alternative position]
Streptophyta (Clade) Jeffrey 1967 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 98). [inferred rank]
Streptophytina ([unranked]) Lewis & McCourt (2004)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541. [implicit]
Streptophytina (Subdivision)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541.

Historical positions

Charophyta (Phylum) Migula (1889)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 29).
charophytes ([unranked])	Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: 23, fig. 3; 20.
phragmoplastophytina ([unranked])	Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: 23. [alternative position]
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: tables (pp. 123, 125), App. 1 (p. 1027).
Streptophytina (Subdivision)	Ref: L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541, fig. 18.
Charophytae (Infraphylum) (Engl., 1887) Cavalier-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 6 (p. 250). [new position]
Charophyta (Division) Migula (1889)	Ref: P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane, 1997a: table 7.1 (p. 228).
Streptophyta (Clade) Jeffrey 1967 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 98), fig. 1.
Chlorophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: L. Margulis et al., 1990: xiv, xv, 636.
Chlorophycota (Division)	Ref: F.K. Daily, 1982: 161.
Charophyta (Division) Migula (1889)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981: 10.
Chlorophyta (Division) Reichenbach (1834)	Ref: F. Weberling & H.O. Schwantes, 1972: 215.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1o;1f;6g;18s; †2o;7f
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Jan 2020	[1o;1f;6g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 29)	[1o]
2004	L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt: 1541	[1o]
2004	L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt: 1541	[1o]
1998	T. Cavalier-Smith	[1o]
1990	L. Margulis et al.: xv	[4o]
1982	F.K. Daily	1o1f[6g]
1978	R.H. Whittaker	"200s"