History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Solspiviridae; Proposal: 2020.095B.R.Leviviricetes; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:
to honour the American molecular biologist Sol Spiegelman, who evolved a RNA chain of only 218 nucleotides that could be efficiently replicated by an exogenous RdRP; the suffix -viridae for family taxa