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Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses from the Plant Viruses Subcommittee, 2025

  • Luisa Rubino
  • , Peter Abrahamian
  • , Wenxia An
  • , Miguel A. Aranda
  • , Jose T. Ascencio-Ibanez
  • , Nicolas Bejerman
  • , Arnaud G. Blouin
  • , Thierry Candresse
  • , Tomas Canto
  • , Mengji Cao
  • , John P. Carr
  • , Won Kyong Cho
  • , Fiona Constable
  • , Indranil Dasgupta
  • , Humberto Debat
  • , Ralf G. Dietzgen
  • , Michele Digiaro
  • , Livia Donaire
  • , Toufic Elbeaino
  • , Denis Fargette
  • Fiona Filardo, Matthias G. Fischer, Nuria Fontdevila, Adrian Fox, Juliana Freitas-Astua, Marc Fuchs, Andrew D. W. Geering, Mahan Ghafari, Anders Hafren, John Hammond, Rosemarie Hammond, Beata Hasiow-Jaroszewska, Eugenie Hebrard, Carmen Hernandez, Jean-Michel Hily, Ahmed Hosseini, Roger Hull, Alice K. Inoue-Nagata, Ramon Jordan, Hideki Kondo, Jan F. Kreuze, Mart Krupovic, Kenji Kubota, Jens H. Kuhn, Scott Leisner, Jean-Michel Lett, Chengyu Li, Fan Li, Jun Min Li, Paola M. Lopez-Lambertini, Juan J. Lopez-Moya, Francois Maclot, Kristiina Makinen, Darren Martin, Sebastien Massart, W. Allen Miller, Musa Mohammadi, Dimitre Mollov, Emmanuelle Muller, Tatsuya Nagata, Jesus Navas-Castillo, Yutaro Neriya, Francisco M. Ochoa-Corona, Kazusato Ohshima, Vicente Pallas, Hanu Pappu, Karel Petrzik, Mikhail Pooggin, Maria Isabella Prigigallo, Pedro L. Ramos-Gonzalez, Simone Ribeiro, Katja R. Richert-Poggeler, Philippe Roumagnac, Avijit Roy, Sead Sabanadzovic, Dana Safarova, Pasquale Saldarelli, Helene Sanfacon, Cecilia Sarmiento, Takahide Sasaya, Kay Scheets, Willem E. W. Schravesande, Susan Seal, Yoshifumi Shimomoto, Merike Somera, Livia Stavolone, Lucy R. Stewart, Pierre-Yves Teycheney, John E. Thomas, Jeremy R. Thompson, Antonio Tiberini, Yasuhiro Tomitaka, Ioannis Tzanetakis, Marie Umber, Cica Urbino, Harrold A. van den Burg, Rene A. A. Van der Vlugt, Arvind Varsani, Adriaan Verhage, Dan Villamor, Susanne von Bargen, Peter J. Walker, Thierry Wetzel, Anna E. Whitfield, Stephen J. Wylie, Caixia Yang, F. Murilo Zerbini, Song Zhang

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Abstract

In March 2025, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote, newly proposed taxa were added to those under the mandate of the Plant Viruses Subcommittee. In brief, 1 new order, 3 new families, 6 new genera, 2 new subgenera and 206 new species were created. Some taxa were reorganized. Genus Cytorhabdovirus in the family Rhabdoviridae was abolished and its taxa were redistributed into three new genera Alphacytorhabdovirus, Betacytorhabdovirus and Gammacytorhabdovirus. Genus Waikavirus in the family Secoviridae was reorganized into two subgenera (Actinidivirus and Ritunrivirus). One family and four previously unaffiliated genera were moved to the newly established order Tombendovirales. Twelve species not assigned to a genus were abolished. To comply with the ICTV mandate of a binomial format for virus species, eight species were renamed. Demarcation criteria in the absence of biological information were defined in the genus Ilarvirus (family Bromoviridae). This article presents the updated taxonomy put forth by the Plant Viruses Subcommittee and ratified by the ICTV.
Original languageEnglish
Article number002114
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of General Virology
Volume106
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Keywords

  • Actinidivirus
  • Ahlum waterborne virus
  • Albetovirus alphatabaci
  • Albetovirus betatabaci
  • Albetovirus gammatabaci
  • Allexivirus rehmanniae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus actinidiae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus allii
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus alphaartemisiae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus alphafragariae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus alphamedicagonis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus alphapogostemi
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus alphaprimulae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus alpharubi
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus alphatrifolii
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus alphawuhaninsectum
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus arctii
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus asclepiadis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus baccharis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus bacopae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus betachrysanthemi
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus betafragariae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus betamedicagonis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus betapogostemi
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus betaprimulae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus betarubi
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus betatrifolii
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus betawuhaninsectum
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus brassicicolae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus cardaminis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus chelidonii
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus cnidii
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus conopholis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus coriandri
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus cynarae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus deltapogostemi
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus euphorbiae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus fici
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus fragariarugosus
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus gammaartemisiae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus gammapogostemi
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus gammawuhaninsectum
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus glehniae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus hederae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus hyptisis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus ilicis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus lactucamaculante
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus lactucanecante
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus lycopersici
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus morindae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus nymphaeae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus ocimi
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus paludis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus pastinacae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus pelargonii
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus persimmon
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus phyllostachysis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus pinelliae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus plumagonis
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus querci
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus ribes
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus sambuci
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus scutellariae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus taraxaci
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus tolmieae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus trichosanthei
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus tritici
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus utriculariae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus wurfbainiae
  • Alphacytorhabdovirus zeae
  • Alphanucleorhabdovirus babaci
  • Aumaivirus maidis
  • Badnavirus fatsiae
  • Badnavirus tetainflatheobromae
  • Badnavirus ziziphi
  • Banana virus X
  • Bean mild mosaic virus
  • Begomovirus
  • Begomovirus alceacrispi
  • Begomovirus caboniensis
  • Begomovirus cajani
  • Begomovirus chuxiongense
  • Begomovirus flavintervenae
  • Begomovirus galii
  • Begomovirus hortuscrotoni
  • Begomovirus hyptidis
  • Begomovirus jatrophagunturense
  • Begomovirus myanmarense
  • Begomovirus puerense
  • Begomovirus pyrenacanthae
  • Begomovirus sidaflavitessellati
  • Begomovirus solanumdistorsionis
  • Begomovirus solanumflavusreti
  • Begomovirus whitaniae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus
  • Betacytorhabdovirus alphabetulae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus alphacucurbitae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus alpharosae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus alphaturbaesoli
  • Betacytorhabdovirus alphazanthoxyli
  • Betacytorhabdovirus anthurii
  • Betacytorhabdovirus aristolochiae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus artemisiae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus begoniae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus bemisiae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus betabetulae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus betacucurbitae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus betarosae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus betaturbaesoli
  • Betacytorhabdovirus betazanthoxyli
  • Betacytorhabdovirus bouteloae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus broussonetiae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus caricae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus chrysanthemi
  • Betacytorhabdovirus colocasiae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus coryli
  • Betacytorhabdovirus cypripedii
  • Betacytorhabdovirus dryobalanopis
  • Betacytorhabdovirus durionis
  • Betacytorhabdovirus gammazanthoxyli
  • Betacytorhabdovirus gleditsiaeBetacytorhabdovirus glycinis
  • Betacytorhabdovirus glycyrrhizae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus gramineae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus hepaticae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus hordei
  • Betacytorhabdovirus howeae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus ixeris
  • Betacytorhabdovirus justiciae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus kobresiae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus leucadendri
  • Betacytorhabdovirus lycii
  • Betacytorhabdovirus mangonis
  • Betacytorhabdovirus maydis
  • Betacytorhabdovirus maysflavostriatis
  • Betacytorhabdovirus mori
  • Betacytorhabdovirus nitrariae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus oryzae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus panici
  • Betacytorhabdovirus passiflorae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus phellodendri
  • Betacytorhabdovirus populi
  • Betacytorhabdovirus puerariae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus rudbeckiae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus schiedeae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus sesami
  • Betacytorhabdovirus sophorae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus tagetis
  • Betacytorhabdovirus tiliae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus trifolii
  • Betacytorhabdovirus viciae
  • Betacytorhabdovirus yerbamate
  • Betanucleorhabdovirus paridis
  • Bombyx mori latent virus
  • Botrexvirus duosclerotiniae
  • Botrexvirus unosclerotiniae
  • Capulavirus trifolii
  • Chenopodium necrosis virus
  • Cilevirus pistaciae
  • Citlodavirus apijamaicaense
  • Citlodavirus myricae
  • Cocksfoot mottle virus
  • Cucumber soil-borne virus
  • Cytorhabdovirus
  • Cytorhabdovirus brassicae
  • Cytorhabdovirus festucae
  • Cytorhabdovirus sonchi
  • Cytorhabdovirus tritici
  • Emaravirus clematis
  • Fabavirus betavitis
  • Fabavirus cirsii
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus alphacuscutae
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus alphafraxini
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus apii
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus argyranthemi
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus betacuscutae
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus betafraxini
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus coptis
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus cypripedii
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus dauci
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus epipactis
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus gymnadeniae
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus heliospermae
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus hibisci
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus lonatis
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus lupinis
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus rhopalocnemis
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus silenis
  • Gammacytorhabdovirus trachyspermi
  • Higrevirus amurense
  • Higrevirus pistaciae
  • Ilarvirus ApNMV
  • Ilarvirus BabIV1
  • Ilarvirus TIV1
  • Ilarvirus ToNSV
  • Machlomovirus liegense
  • Maize aumaivirus 1
  • Mastrevirus
  • Mastrevirus bothriochloae
  • Mastrevirus brachypodiumprimi
  • Mastrevirus nomiae
  • Mastrevirus urochloareunionense
  • Mersevirus
  • Mersevirus boehmeriae
  • Mersevirus jujubae
  • Mersevirus paris
  • Nepovirus betaparis
  • Nepovirus mirae
  • Olpivirus lactucae
  • Orthotospovirus eustomae
  • Orthotospovirus fatsiae
  • Pamosaviridae
  • Panicum papanivirus 1
  • Papanivirus panici
  • Phragmivirus
  • Phragmivirus phragmii
  • Phragmivirus spartinae
  • Poinsettia mosaic virus
  • Potexvirus chaenostomae
  • Potexvirus ecsadenii
  • Potexvirus ecscaricae
  • Potexvirus ecshibisci
  • Potyvirus
  • Potyvirus aconiti
  • Potyvirus alilii
  • Potyvirus crocitessellati
  • Potyvirus galanthi
  • Potyvirus parisflavitessellati
  • Potyvirus polygonatimaculae
  • Potyvirus puerariae
  • Ritunrivirus
  • Sadwavirus cattleyae
  • Sadwavirus chysanthemi
  • Sadwavirus gymnemae
  • Sobemovirus CFMV
  • Sobemovirus SMAMV
  • Sobemovirus smamv
  • Tobacco albetovirus 1
  • Tobacco albetovirus 2
  • Tobacco albetovirus 3
  • Tobacco virtovirus 1
  • Tombendovirales
  • Tomosaviridae
  • Tonesaviridae
  • Torradovirus
  • Torradovirus nanorugosum
  • Torradovirus physalis
  • Trirhavirus
  • Trirhavirus alni
  • Trirhavirus chrysanthemi
  • Trirhavirus erysimi
  • Trirhavirus picridis
  • Velarivirus gembloutense
  • Virtovirus tabaci
  • Waikavirus
  • Waikavirus ajugae
  • Waikavirus anacycli
  • Waikavirus carotae
  • Waikavirus celtis
  • Waikavirus eleocharis
  • Waikavirus hirtae
  • Waikavirus juglandis
  • Waikavirus ligustici
  • Waikavirus pedicularis
  • Waikavirus pittospori
  • Waikavirus populi
  • Waikavirus primulae
  • Waikavirus querci
  • Waikavirus ranunculi
  • Waikavirus thapsiae
  • Waikavirus thymi
  • Waikavirus trifoccidentale
  • Waikavirus violae
  • Weddel waterborne virus
  • alphachysanthemi
  • arctii
  • betaartemisiae
  • betacamelliae
  • brachypodiumsecundi
  • catharanthiflavitessellati
  • daphnis
  • flaviyerbamate
  • gei
  • ipomoeae
  • kenyatuberosum
  • medicagonis
  • menthae
  • mercurialis
  • mertensiae
  • muntiflavi
  • pentaphragmae
  • rosae
  • solanumaureusreti

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