History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Plasmaviridae Proposal: Ratification_1978.pdf ICTV Report: Plasmaviridae Reference: PMID: 2982026
from the Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma), meaning “something formed”, referring to the plastic virion shape of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa