Taxon Etymology

Etymology: from Yǔncháng (允常), the father of Gōujiàn, the future King of the ancient Chinese state Yuè; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa; connection unclear

Etymology: from Gōujiàn (勾踐), the king of the ancient Chinese Yuè State, during the Spring and Autumn Period; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear

Etymology: from Yuè (越), a state during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek πολύπλοκοV (polyplo), meaning "complex", referring to the generally multi-segmented genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricotina for subphylum taxa

Etymology: from Bunyamwera virus (an orthobunyavirus), a member of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: to honour Richard Elliott, a pioneer of bunyavirus molecular virology; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from crustacean lincruvirus (an obsolete species name), referring to Wēnlǐng crustacean virus 9, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from fig mosaic virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the genus name Orthohantavirus, referring to the River Hantan (South Korea) where Hantaan virus, a member of the family, was discovered; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek περί (perí), meaning "around", and Bunyamwera virus, a member of the family named after Bunyamwera village (Uganda) where the virus was first isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the genus name Orthophasmavirus, referring to phantom midges, host of the first isolated viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the genus name Orthotospovirus (from tomato spotted wilt virus), a genus in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Tulasnella, the genus of the host fungus of Tulasnella bunyavirales-like virus 1, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Basque harea meaning “sand”, referring to arenavirids (arena being Spanish for sand) and sandfly-borne phenuivirids, viruses in the order; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Spanish arena, meaning “sand", referring to the appearance of mammarenavirus particles observed by electron-microscopy; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from DiscVir, the name of the software used to discover some viruses of this family and addition of the vowel o; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Japanese Ukonko (鬱金香), meaning "tulip", referring to the host of a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Leishmania and bunyavirus, referring to a genus of Trypanosomatidae, that includes the host of isolation of Leptomonas moramango virus, and the order Bunyavirales, which includes the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Húběi myriapoda virus 5, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Orthonairovirus, a genus in the family, referring to Nairobi (Kenya) where Nairobi sheep disease virus, a member of the family, was first isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the genus Phlebovirus, referring to phlebotomine vectors of sandfly fever group viruses, derived from the Ancient Greek φλέψ (phléps), meaning “vein”, and the genus Tenuivirus, from the Latin tenuis, meaning “thin”, describing the virion morphology of viruses in the genus, both genera in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa