living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Prokaryotae see Superkingdom Prokarya
     Kingdom Monera Haeckel 1866 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
       Division Bacteria (Haeckel 1894) see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
         "Phototrophic bacteria"
           Rhodospirillineae
             Family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
               Genus Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
                 1 Rhodopseudomonas palustris (Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)
                 2 Rhodopseudomonas viridis Drews and Giesbrecht 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) see Blastochloris viridis (Drews and Giesbrecht 1966) Hiraishi 1997
                 3 Rhodopseudomonas sulfoviridis Keppen and Gorlenko 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) see Blastochloris sulfoviridis (Keppen and Gorlenko 1975) Hiraishi 1997
                 4 Rhodopseudomonas acidophila Pfennig 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) see Rhodoblastus acidophilus (Pfennig 1969) Imhoff 2001