Synonym: Chlorophycophyta Papenfuss 1946
Parent taxon: Viridiplantae according to M. A. Ruggiero et al. 2015
See also Adl et al. 2005, Johnson 1964, Kiessling 2003, Margulis 1996 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Desmidiaceae, Streptophyta
Subtaxa: Amgaella Bryopsidophyceae Calathella Caulerpites Charophyceae Chlorophyceae Chuariophyceae Dasycladophyceae Doushantuophyton Fuxianospira Indopolia Laenigma Lanceoforma Megaspirella Microfasta Monostysisyrinaceae Palaeomastigocladus Parallelphyton Physophycus Proterotainia Pseudopalaeoporella Retephycus Schizosporis Sgrossoella Sinocylindra Sinophyllum Sphaeroporella Spheroporella Tetrasporaceae Thaumatoporellales Timanella Ulvophyceae Walcottophycus Yakutina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"