Natura - nature
  
 actualia - actual entities
    
 Mundus Plinius - physical world
      
 naturalia - natural bodies
        
 Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
          
 Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
            
 Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
              
 Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                
 Clade natates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                  
 Clade photaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                    
 Clade eucorta Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                      
 Superkingdom Corticata Lankester, 1878 - corticates
                        
 Kingdom Plantae Haeckel (1866) - plants
                          
 Subkingdom Viridiplantae Caval.-Sm. (1981) - green plants
                            
 Phylum Chlorophyta Pascher (1914) [coordinate rank] - green algae
                              
 "core chlorophytes"
                                
 Class Chlorophyceae Wille (1884) - chlorophytes
                                  
 Order Sphaeropleales Luerssen (1877)
                                    
 Family Characiaceae (Nägeli) Wittrock
                                      
 01 Genus Actidesmium Reinsch (1875) [monotypic]
                                      
 02 Genus Bicuspidella Pascher (1932)
                                      
 03 Genus Characiella W. Schmidle, in A. Engl. (1902) [monotypic]
                                      
 04 Genus Characiellopsis M.O.P. Iyengar (1975)
                                      
 05.1 Genus Characiumᵀ A.Braun, in F.T. Kützing (1849)
                                      
 06 Genus Coleochlamys O. Korshikov
                                      
 07 Genus Deuterocharacium Petrý [monotypic]
                                      
 08 Genus Hydrianum Rabenh. (1868)
                                      
 09 Genus Lanceola F. Hindák (1988) [monotypic]
                                      
 10 Genus Marthea Pascher (1918) [monotypic]
                                      
 11 Genus Pseudochlorothecium Korshikov [monotypic]
                                      
 12 Genus Pseudoschroederia E. Hegewald & E. Schnepf [monotypic]
                                      
 13 Genus Sykidion E.P. Wright (1881)