Viridiplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - green plants see Subkingdom Viridiplantae Caval.-Sm. (1981)
   Chlorophyta Pascher (1914) - green algae
     core chlorophytes
       Class Chlorophyceae Wille (1884) - chlorophytes
         Sphaeropleales Luerssen (1877)
           1 Genus Hydrodictyon Roth, nom. cons.
           2 Genus Pediastrum F.J.F. Meyen (1829)
           3.1 Genus Bracteacoccus E. Tereg (1923)
           3.2 Genus Microspora Thuret (1850), nom. cons.
           4 Genus Scenedesmus F.J.F. Meyen (1829)
           5 Genus Monoraphidium Komárková-Legnerová, in Fott (1969)
           6 Genus Desmodesmus (R.H. Chodat, 1926) S.S. An, T. Friedl & E.Hegewald (1999)