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. 2023 Jan 21;12(2):172. doi: 10.3390/biology12020172

Table 1.

ICTV taxonomic classification of viroids (2020). The 33 viroids are grouped into two families: Pospiviroidae, with five genera, and Avsunviroidae, with three genera. The type species of each genus is highlighted on a gray background. For each species, the abbreviation of its name is indicated.

Family Pospiviroidae
Genus Pospiviroid PSTVd Potato spindle tuber viroid
CEVd Citrus exocortis viroid
CSVd Chrysanthemum stunt viroid
CLVd Columnea latent viroid
IrVd-1 Iresine viroid 1
PCFVd Pepper chat fruit viroid
TASVd Tomato apical stunt viroid
TCDVd Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid
TPMVd Tomato planta macho viroid
Genus Hostuviroid HSVd 1 Hop stunt viroid
DLVd Dahlia latent virus
Genus Apscaviroid ASSVd Apple scar skin viroid
ADFVd Apple dimple fruit viroid
AGVd Australian grapevine viroid
CBLVd 1 Citrus bent leaf viroid
CDVd 1 Citrus dwarfing viroid
CVd-V 1 Citrus viroid V
CVd-VI 1 Citrus viroid VI
GYSVd-1 Grapevine yellow speckle viroid 1
GYSVd-2 Grapevine yellow speckle viroid 2
PBCVd Pear blister canker viroid
Genus Cocadviroid CCCVd Coconut cadang-cadang viroid
CTiVd Coconut tinangaja viroid
CBCVd 1 Citrus bark cracking viroid
HLVd Hop latent viroid
Genus Coleviroid CbVd-1 Coleus blumei viroid 1
CbVd-2 Coleus blumei viroid 2
CbVd-3 Coleus blumei viroid 3
Family Avsunviroidae
Genus Avsunviroid ASBVd Avocado sunblotch viroid
Genus Pelamoviroid PLMVd Peach latent mosaic viroid
CChMVd Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid
AHVd Apple hammerhead viroid
Genus Elaviroid ELVd Eggplant latent viroid

1 Names of some viroid species have been re-established by ICTV. This particularly affects citrus viroids, such as CBCVd (formerly citrus viroid IV), CBLVd (formerly citrus viroid I), CDVd (formerly citrus viroid III), HSVd (formerly citrus viroid II) and CVd-V and VI (formerly citrus viroid-OS).