History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Solspiviridae Proposal: 2020.095B.R.Leviviricetes.zip  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