History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Peribunyaviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1975; : ; ICTV Report: Peribunyaviridae; Reference: PMID: 6165702

from the Ancient 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