Kies L. & Kremer B.P. (1986). Typification of the Glaucocystophyta. Taxon 35: 128–135, .

Division Glaucocystophyta Kies et Kremer, nomen novum. (Glaucophyta Skuja 1954, p. 56.)

• Class Glaucocystophyceae Schaffner 1922, p. 131
  • 1. Glaucocystales Bessey 1907, p. 6.
    • Glaucocystaceae G. S. West 1904, p. 317. (Glaucocystaceae Bohlin 1901, Table p. 25, nomen nudum.)
      • Glaucocystis Itzigsohn in Rabenhorst 1868, p. 417.
      • [Note: Coccoid endocyanomes of uncertain affiliation with the Glaucocystales (genera et species inquirendae) are:]
        • Archaeopsis Skuja 1954, nomen nudum, invalid.
        • Glaucocystopsis Bourrelly 1960, p. 416.
  • 2. Cyanophorales Kies and Kremer, ordo novum.
    • Cyanophoraceae Kies and Kremer, familia nova.
      • Cyanophora Korshikov 1924, p. 57.
      • [Note: Monadoid endocyanomes of uncertain affiliation with the Cyanophorales (genera et species inquirendae) are:]
        • Peliaina Pascher 1929, p. 458.
        • Strobilomonas Schiller 1954, p. 119.
  • 3. Gloeochaetales Kies and Kremer, ordo novum.
    • Gloeochaetaceae Skuja 1954, p. 56. (Gloeochaetaceae Bohlin 1901, Table p. 25, nomen nudum.)
      • Gloeochaete Lagerheim 1883, p. 39.
    • Glaucosphaeraceae Skuja 1954, p. 56.
      • Glaucosphaera Korshikov 1930, p. 222.
      • Cyanoptyche Pascher 1929, p. 459.
      • [A capsalean endocyanome of uncertain affiliation with the Glaucosphaeraceae (genus at species inquirendae) is:]
        • Chalarodora Pascher 1929, p. 460.

Kies, L. & Kremer, B.P., 1990. 12. Phylum Glaucocystophyta. In: Margulis, L., J.O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, D.J. Chapman (ed.). Handbook of Protoctista. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, p. 152-166. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), .

Kingdom Protoctista

• Section III: Phyla with flagellated stages, but without complex sexual cycles
  • Phylum 12. Glaucocystophyta
    • Class Glaucocystophyceae