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Since the establishment of the genus Vitivirus, several additional viruses have been sequenced and proposed to represent new species of this genus. Currently, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses recognizes 15 vitivirus species. The report of new vitiviruses that fail to completely adhere to the species demarcation criteria, the incorporation of non-vitivirus grapevine viruses in the unofficial “naming system”, and the existence of non-grapevine vitiviruses lead to inconsistencies in classification. In this report, we give a brief overview of vitiviruses and use currently available information to clarify the present status of the vitivirus taxonomy.

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This article is based upon work from COST Action FA1407 (DIVAS), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

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  1. Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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  2. Citrus Research International, P.O. Box 2201, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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  3. Integrated and Urban Plant Pathology Laboratory, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium

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  4. The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand

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  5. Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

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  6. INRAE, Univ. Bordeaux, UMR BFP, 33882, Villenave d’Ornon Cedex, France

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Maree, H.J., Blouin, A.G., Diaz-Lara, A. et al. Status of the current vitivirus taxonomy. Arch Virol 165, 451–458 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-019-04500-w

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