Umbravirus

Genus of viruses

Umbravirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Kitrinoviricota
Class:	Tolucaviricetes
Order:	Tolivirales
Family:	Tombusviridae
Subfamily:	Calvusvirinae
Genus:	*Umbravirus*

Umbravirus is a genus of plant viruses assigned to the family Tombusviridae. The genus has 11 species.

Transmission may be by aphids or mechanical inoculation. The genome is a linear, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA, 4200–6900 nucleotides in length.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species:^[2]

Carrot mottle mimic virus
Carrot mottle virus
Ethiopian tobacco bushy top virus
Groundnut rosette virus
Ixeridium yellow mottle virus 2
Lettuce speckles mottle virus
Opium poppy mosaic virus
Patrinia mild mottle virus
Pea enation mosaic virus 2
Tobacco bushy top virus
Tobacco mottle virus

References

^ Index of Viruses—Umbravirus (2006). In: ICTVdB—The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchan-Osmond, C (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA.
^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.