Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Heterokontophyta

Phylogeny

Holophyletic

Current position

Heterokontophyta (Phylum) Moestrup (1992)

Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2010: 81.

Alternative positions

Chrysophyta (Division)	Ref: R.A. Andersen & H.R. Preisig, 2000: 760. [alternative position]
Chrysophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)
chrysophytes ([unranked])	Ref: J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig, 2001: 10.
Limnistia (Superclass) Caval.-Sm. (1996)	Ref: J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig, 2001: 10. [assumed]
Ochrophyta (Phylum) Caval.-Sm. (1995)

Historical positions

Heterokontophyta (Phylum) Moestrup (1992)	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2010: 81.
chrysophytes ([unranked])	Ref: J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig, 2001: 10.
stramenochromes ([unranked]) Patterson, 1994	Ref: R.A. Andersen & H.R. Preisig, 2000: 759-764. [implicit]
stramenopiles ([unranked]) Patterson, 1990, nom. vernac.	Ref: J.J. Lee et al., 2000: 759-764.
New (Kingdom)	Ref: J.J. Lee et al., 2000: 760. [alternative position]
Chrysophycea (Class) Hibberd (1976)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 2 (p. 961). [invalid/synonym] [implicit]
Chrysophyta (Phylum) Pascher (1914)	Ref: L. Margulis et al., 1990: xiv.
stramenochromes ([unranked]) Patterson, 1994	Ref: R.M. Crawford & F.E. Round, 1989: 303.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1o;2f;8g]
2001	J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig	[1o;2f;8g]
2000	R.A. Andersen & H.R. Preisig	1o;2f;(6g)