Coleochaetophyceae Embryophyta (land plants) Adl et al. 2012 Archaeplastida 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 Mesostigma Lauterborn 1894 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) Adl et al. 2019 Archaeplastida Adl et al. 2005 Chloroplastida Adl et al. 2005 (Viridiplantae Cavalier-Smith 1981) Phylum Streptophyta [Charophyta] Chlorokybus atmophyticus Mesostigma viridae Family Klebsomidiophyceae Class Phragmoplastophyta Family Zygnemataceae Order Coleochaetophyceae Family Characeae Kingdom Embryophyta Please note the taxonomic name system inconsistency of the Kingdom in Class classification. Phylogeny Below is a reconstruction of Streptophyta relationships, based on genomic data. References Bremer, K. (1985) Summary of green plant phylogeny and classification. Cladistics 1:369-385. External links The plant tree of life: an overview and some points of view The closest land plants relatives Green algae Infrakingdoms