[4] The family was created in 1869,[1] based on the immersed ascomata and pseudoparaphyses of some species, and it was assigned to Sphaeriales order.

It was then placed in the Pseudosphaeriaceae family by Theissen & Sydow (1917a) and then later raised to ordinal rank as the Pseudosphaeriales.

[8] Genera Alternaria, Bipolaris and Stemphylium are more common asexual morphs in Pleosporaceae and they are also saprobes or parasites on various hosts.

[10] According to Wijayawardene et al. (2018),[11] 16 genera were accepted in Pleosporaceae based on morphological and molecular data.

Pem et al. (2019c) accepted genus Gibbago in Pleosporaceae based on morphological and molecular data.