Jeffrey (1967)

Jeffrey, C. The origin and differentiation of the Archegoniate land plants: A second contribution. Kew Bull. 21, 335-349 (1967).

• Streptophyta
  • Charales
  • Embryophyta

Sitte et al. (2002)

Sitte, P., Weiler, E.W., Kadereit, J.W., Bresinsky, A., Körner, C. (2002): Strasburger – Lehrbuch der Botanik. 35. Aufl. Spektrum/Gustav Fischer, .

"Pflanzen"

• Eucarya p.p.
  • Chlorobionta
    • Chlorophyta
    • Streptophyta
      • Streptophytina
        • Mesostigmatophyceae
        • Zygnemophyceae
        • Klebsormidiophyceae
        • Charophyceae
      • Bryophytina
      • Pteridophytina
      • Spermatophytina

Reviers (2002-2003)

Reviers, B. de (2002-2003). Biologie et phylogénie des algues. Tome 1, 352 p. Tome 2, 255 p. Paris: Belin.

[Note: (*) indicates divisions and classes classified as “algae” at a given time; some non-algal groups not listed]

Eukaryota

• Regnum Plantae (or Primoplastobiota)
  • Subregnum Glaucobionta
    • Divisio, phylum Glaucophyta (or Glaucocystophyta) (*)
  • Subregnum Rhodobionta
    • Divisio, phylum Rhodophyta (*)
  • Subregnum Viridiplantae (or Chlorobionta)
    • Branch of Chlorophyta (*)
      • Classis “Prasinophyceae” (paraphyletic) (*)
      • Classis Pedinophyceae (*)
      • Classis “Ulvophyceae” lato sensu (paraphyletic) (*)
      • Classis Chlorophyceae stricto sensu (*)
      • Classis Trebouxiophyceae (*)
    • Branch of Streptophyta
      • “Streptophycophytes” (paraphyletic)
        • Classis Mesostigmatophyceae (*)
        • Classis Zygnematophyceae (*)
        • Classis Chlorokybophyceae (*)
        • Classis Klebsormidiophyceae (*)
        • Classis Coleochaetophyceae (*)
        • Classis Charophyceae (*)
      • Embryophyta (extant classes)

Lewis & McCourt (2004)

• Lewis, L.A. & McCourt, R.M. 2004. Green algae and the origin of land plants. American Journal of Botany 91(10): 1535–1556. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.10.1535 Reference page. 

• Division Charophyta (charophyte algae and embryophytes)
  • Class Mesostigmatophyceae (mesostigmatophytes)
  • Class Chlorokybophyceae (chlorokybophytes)
  • Class Klebsormidiophyceae (klebsormidiophytes)
  • Class Zygnemophyceae (conjugates)
    • Order Zygnematales (filamentous conjugates and saccoderm desmids)
    • Order Desmidiales (placoderm desmids)
  • Class Coleochaetophyceae (coleochaetophytes)
    • Order Coleochaetales
  • Subdivision Streptophytina
    • Class Charophyceae (reverts to use of GM Smith)
      • Order Charales (charophytes sensu stricto)
    • Class Embryophyceae (embryophytes)

Leliaert et al. (2012)

• Leliaert, F., Smith, D.R., Moreau, H., Herron, M.D., Verbruggen, H., Delwiche, C.F. & De Clerck, O. 2012. Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 31(1): 1–46. DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.615705 PDF Reference page. 

• Viridiplantae
  • Chlorophyta
  • Streptophyta
    • charophytes
      • Mesostigmatophyceae
      • Chlorokybophyceae
      • Klebsormidiophyceae
      • Charophyceae
      • Zygnematophyceae
      • Coleochaetophyceae
    • Embryophyta (land plants)

Adl et al. (2012)

The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes, .

Eukaryota

• Archaeplastida Adl et al. 2005
  • Glaucophyta Skuja 1954 (Glaucocystophyta Kies & Kremer 1986)
  • Rhodophyceae Thuret 1855, emend. Rabenhorst 1863 (Rhodophyta Wettstein 1901, Rhodoplantae Saunders & Hommersand 2004) emend. Adl et al. 2005
  • Chloroplastida Adl et al. 2005 (Viridiplantae Cavalier-Smith 1981)
    • Chlorophyta Pascher 1914, emend. Lewis & McCourt 2004
    • Charophyta Migula 1897, emend. Karol et al. 2009 (Charophyceae Smith 1938, Mattox & Stewart 1984)
      • Chlorokybus Geitler 1942 (Chlorokybophyceae Lewis & McCourt 2004) (M)
      • Mesostigma Lauterborn 1894 (Mesostigmatophyceae Marin & Melkonian 1999, emend. Lewis & McCourt 2004; Mesostigmata Turmel et al. 2002) (M)
      • Klebsormidiophyceae van den Hoek et al. 1995
      • Phragmoplastophyta Lecointre & Guyander 2006
        • Zygnematophyceae van den Hoek et al. 1995, emend. Hall et al. 2009
        • Coleochaetophyceae Jeffrey 1982
        • Streptophyta Jeffrey 1967
          • Charophyceae Smith 1938, emend. Karol et al. 2009 (Charales Lindley 1836; Charophytae Engler 1887)
          • Embryophyta Engler 1886, emend. Lewis & McCourt 2004 (Cormophyta Endlicher 1836; Plantae Haeckel 1866)

[Notes: M, monotypic group with only one described species; P, paraphyletic group; R, ribogroup assembled from phylogenetic studies.]

Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Ruggiero, M.A., Gordon, D.P., Orrell, T.M., Bailly, N., Bourgoin, T., Brusca, R.C., Cavalier-Smith, T., Guiry, M. D. & Kirk, P. M. (2015). A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248, .

• Superkingdom Eukaryota
  • Kingdom Plantae [= Archaeplastida]
    • Subkingdom Biliphyta
      • Phylum Glaucophyta
        • Class Glaucophyceae
          • Order Glaucocystales
      • Phylum Rhodophyta
    • Subkingdom Viridiplantae
      • Infrakingdom Chlorophyta
      • Infrakingdom Streptophyta
        • Superphylum Charophyta
          • Phylum Charophyta
            • Class Charophyceae
              • Order Charales
            • Class Chlorokybophyceae
              • Order Chlorokybales
            • Class Coleochaetophyceae
              • Order Chaetosphaeridiales
              • Order Coleochaetales
            • Class Conjugatophyceae [= Zygnematophyceae]
              • Order Desmidiales
              • Order Zygnematales
            • Class Klebsormidiophyceae
              • Order Klebsormidiales
            • Class Mesostigmatophyceae
              • Order Mesostigmatales
        • Superphylum Embryophyta
          • Phylum Anthocerotophyta
          • Phylum Bryophyta
          • Phylum Marchantiophyta
          • Phylum Tracheophyta