History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Peribunyaviridae; Proposal: 2016.030a-vM.A.v6.Bunyavirales; : ; ICTV Report: Peribunyaviridae; Reference: PMID: 6165702
from the 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