Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta

Rhodophyta Wettstein, 1901

Rank: Division
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Division group names

*Rhodophyceae*	Ruprecht, 1851	synonym

Children

Eurhodophytina G.W.Saunders & Hommersand
Metarhodophytina Saunders & Hommersand
Proteorhodophytina Muñoz-Gómez, Mejía-Franco, Durnin, Colp, Grisdale, J.M.Archibald & Slamovits, 2017
Rhodellophytina
Rhodophyta incertae sedis

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: roodwieren sources: Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17

English: red algae

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

Norwegian Bokmål: rødalger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: rödalger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Червоні водорості

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	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.
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.