Potexvirus | |
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Color break symptoms caused by narcissus mosaic virus (NMV) in daffodils (A, B) and normal flower (C) | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
Class: | Alsuviricetes |
Order: | Tymovirales |
Family: | Alphaflexiviridae |
Genus: | Potexvirus |
Potexvirus is a genus of pathogenic viruses in the order Tymovirales, in the family Alphaflexiviridae. Plants serve as natural hosts. There are 48 species in this genus, three of which are assigned to a subgenus. Diseases associated with this genus include: mosaic and ringspot symptoms.[1][2] The genus name comes from POTato virus X).