plantenrijk Haeckel (1866) - plants
   [Division] Protophyta Sachs 1874 - primitive plants
     Class Schizomycetes Nägeli 1857 (Approved Lists 1980) - bacteria and related forms
       Order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980)
         Family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Genus Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)