Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina

Chlorophyceae Wille, 1884

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acrosiphoniales
Caulerpales
Chaetopeltidales C.J.O'Kelly, Shin Watanabe & G.L.Floyd
Chaetophorales Wille, 1901
Chlamydomonadales F.E.Fritsch, 1927
Chlorophyceae incertae sedis
Codiales
Ctenocladales
Dunaliellales
Phaeophilales
Sphaeropleales Luerssen, 1877
Tetrasporales Lemmermann
Volvocales Oltmanns, 1904

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: groenwieren sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

Japanese: 緑藻綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: grönalger

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	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). Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0119248.
additional source	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.