Caulimovirus

Caulimovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Caulimoviridae order Ortervirales. They are para-retroviruses with dsDNA and plants as their host. There are 14 species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include: vein-clearing or banding mosaic.

==Taxonomy== The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species: Caulimovirus deformatiolamii, Lamium leaf distortion virus Caulimovirus glycinis, Soybean Putnam virus Caulimovirus incidianthi, Carnation etched ring virus Caulimovirus latensarmoraciae, Horseradish latent virus Caulimovirus maculacirsii, Thistle mottle virus Caulimovirus maculatractylodei, Atractylodes mild mottle virus Caulimovirus metaplexis, Metaplexis yellow mottle-associated virus Caulimovirus minutangelicae, Angelica bushy stunt virus Caulimovirus puerariae, Pueraria virus A Caulimovirus tessellobrassicae, Cauliflower mosaic virus Caulimovirus tessellodahliae, Dahlia mosaic virus Caulimovirus tessellomirabilis, Mirabilis mosaic virus Caulimovirus tesselloscrophulariae, Figwort mosaic virus Caulimovirus venafragariae, Strawberry vein banding virus