History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Clavaviridae; Proposal: 2010.002a-gB.A.v2.Clavaviridae; : ; ICTV Report: Clavaviridae; Reference:

from Latin clava, meaning "club" or "stick", referring to the rigid, bacilliform virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa