This list is a rearranged list of a large database containing descriptions of all viruses originally developed at the Australian National University's Bioinformatics Facility and now maintained at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The rearangement divided plant viruses into serveral categories according to the type of viral genomic nucleic acids. This taxonomic outline is used for students taking PLP 611: Molecular Plant Virology at University of Arizona.
The original list of the taxonomic structure of virus families and genera has been
compiled from:
The Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses. "Sixth Report of the
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses" (1995)
Eds. F.A. Murphy, C.M. Fauquet, M.A. Mayo, A.W. Jarvis, S.A. Ghabrial,
M.D. Summers, G.P. Martelli, D.H.L. Bishop
Archives of Virology, Springer Verlag, Wien New York
Throughout this document, each type species name is preceded by the name of the order, family and genus it belongs to. Names of orders, families and genera are in italic script, if they are approved by the ICTV. Taxa names in quotes (and not in italic s cript) indicate that this taxon has not an ICTV international approved name. Species (vernacular) names are given in regular script. Viruses with no formal assignment to genus or family are indicated.
- Genus: Badnavirus
Type species: commelina yellow mottle virus
- Genus: Caulimovirus
Type species: cauliflower mosaic virus
- Genus "SbCMV-like viruses"
Type species: Soybean chlorotic mottle virus
- Genus "CsVMV-like viruses"
Type species: Cassava vein mosaicvirus
- Genus "RTBV-like viruses"
Type species: Rice tungro bacilliformvirus
Type species: Petunia vein clearing virus
Type species: maize streak virus
Type species: beet curly top virus
Type species: bean golden mosaic virus
- Genus: Alfamovirus
Type species: alfalfa mosaic virus
- Genus: Ilarvirus
Type species: tobacco streak virus
- Genus: Bromovirus
Type species: brome mosaic virus
- Genus: Cucumovirus
Type species: cucumber mosaic virus
- Genus: Closterovirus
Type species: beet yellows virus
- Genus: Crinivirus
Type species: Lettuce infectious yellows virus
- Genus: Comovirus
Type species: cowpea mosaic virus
- Genus: Fabavirus
Type species: broad bean wilt virus 1
- Genus: Nepovirus
Type species: tobacco ringspot virus
- Genus: Potyvirus
Type species: potato virus Y
- Genus: Rymovirus
Type species: ryegrass mosaic virus
- Genus: Bymovirus
Type species: barley yellow mosaic virus
- Genus: Sequivirus
Type species: parsnip yellow fleck virus
- Genus: Waikavirus
Type species: rice tungro spherical virus
- Genus: Carmovirus
Type species: carnation mottle virus
- Genus: Dianthovirus
Type species: carnation ringspot virus
- Genus: Machlomovirus
Type species: maize chlorotic mottle virus
- Genus: Necrovirus
Type species: tobacco necrosis virus
- Genus: Tombusvirus
Type species: tomato bushy stunt virus
- Genus: Capillovirus
Type species: apple stem grooving virus
- Genus: Carlavirus
Type species: carnation latent virus
- Genus: Enamovirus
Type species: pea enation mosaic virus
- Genus: Furovirus
Type species: soil-borne wheat mosaic virus
- Genus: Hordeivirus
Type species: barley stripe mosaic virus
- Genus: Idaeovirus
Type species: raspberry bushy dwarf virus
- Genus: Luteovirus
Type species: barley yellow dwarf virus
- Genus: Marafivirus
Type species: maize rayado fino virus
- Genus: Potexvirus
Type species: potato virus X
- Genus: Sobemovirus
Type species: Southern bean mosaic virus
- Genus: Tenuivirus
Type species: rice stripe virus
- Genus: Tobamovirus
Type species: tobacco mosaic virus
- Genus: Tobravirus
Type species: tobacco rattle virus
- Genus: Trichovirus
Type species: apple chlorotic leaf spot virus
- Genus: Tymovirus
Type species: turnip yellow mosaic virus
- Genus: Umbravirus
Type species: carrot mottle virus
- Genus Cytorhabdovirus
- Type Species lettuce necrotic yellows virus
- Genus: Nucleorhabdovirus
Type species: potato yellow dwarf virus
- Genus: Tospovirus
Type species: tomato spotted wilt virus
- Genus: Alphacryptovirus
Type species: white clover cryptic virus 1
- Genus: Betacryptovirus
Type species: white clover cryptic virus 2
- Genus: Fijivirus
Type species: Fiji disease virus
- Genus: Phytoreovirus
Type species: wound tumor virus
- Genus: Oryzavirus
Type species: rice ragged stunt virus
- Genome ssDNA
- Species banana bunchy top virus
- Species coconut foliar decay virus
- Species subterranean clover stunt virus
- Genome dsDNA
- Species cucumber vein yellowing virus
- Genome dsRNA
- Species tobacco stunt virus
- Genome ssRNA
- Species Garlic viruses A,B,C,D
- Species grapevine fleck virus
- Species maize white line mosaic virus
- Species olive latent virus 2
- Species ourmia melon virus
- Species Pelargonium zonate spot virus
Type species: tobacco necrosis satellite
Type species: potato spindle tuber viroid
Rearranged by Zhongguo Xiong, original compiled by C. B�chen-Osmond.
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