History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Gammaflexiviridae Proposal: 2007.024-026P.v2.Gammaflexiviridae.pdf  ICTV Report: Gammaflexiviridae Reference:  

from the Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma), the third letter of the Greek alphabet, and flexi, referring to the third family created from the division of the old family Flexiviridae, a group of  filamentous and highly flexible viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa