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