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| Plum pox virus genome with electron micrograph and model of virions | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
| Class: | Stelpaviricetes |
| Order: | Patatavirales |
| Family: | Potyviridae |
| Genus: | Potyvirus |
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Potyvirus is a genus of positive-strand RNA viruses (named after its type species, Potato virus Y (PVY)) in the family Potyviridae. Plants serve as natural hosts. Like begomoviruses, members of this genus may cause significant losses in agricultural, pastoral, horticultural, and ornamental crops. More than 200 species of aphids spread potyviruses, and most are from the subfamily Aphidinae (genera Macrosiphum and Myzus).[citation needed] The genus contains 190 species and potyviruses account for about thirty percent of all currently known plant viruses.[1][2]
- ^ Inoue-Nagata AK, Jordan R, Kreuze J, Li F, López-Moya JJ, Mäkinen K, et al. (May 2022). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Potyviridae 2022". The Journal of General Virology. 103 (5): 001738. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001738. PMID 35506996. S2CID 248515288.
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.