Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Chlorophyta
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| prasinophytes ([unranked]) | 
						Ref: 
							
								F. Leliaert et al., 2012: 9, fig. 3.
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						| Prasinophyceae (Class) T. Christensen, 1962 ex Ø. Moestrup & J. Throndsen (1988) | 
							Ref: 
								
									T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: table (p. 125), App. 1 (p. 1027).
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							| Prasinophyceae (Class) T. Christensen, 1962 ex Ø. Moestrup & J. Throndsen (1988) | 
								Ref: 
									
										L.A. Lewis & R.M. McCourt, 2004: 1541, fig. 18.
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								| Prasinophyceae (Class) T. Christensen, 1962 ex Ø. Moestrup & J. Throndsen (1988) | 
									Ref: 
										
											Ø. Moestrup, 2000: 1256.
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									| Micromonadophyceae (Class) Mattox & Stewart (1984) | 
										Ref: 
											
												T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 6 (p. 250).
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										| Prasinophyceae (Class) T. Christensen, 1962 ex Ø. Moestrup & J. Throndsen (1988) | 
											Ref: 
												
													M. Melkonian, 1990: xv, 600.
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											| Prasinophyceae (Class) T. Christensen, 1962 ex Ø. Moestrup & J. Throndsen (1988) | 
												Ref: 
													
														R.E. Norris, 1982: 163.
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										Number of Subtaxa