Rose leaf rosette-associated virus

Not to be confused with Rose rosette emaravirus.

Rose leaf rosette-associated virus is a +ssRNA^[1][2] closterovirus^{[3][4][5][6][7][1]} which causes a unique, unusually dense and small rosette leaf habit on Rosa multiflora Thunb.^[5][8] branches.^[3]

Rose leaf rosette-associated virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Kitrinoviricota
Class:	Alsuviricetes
Order:	Martellivirales
Family:	Closteroviridae
Genus:	Closterovirus
Species:	Closterovirus rosafolium

DNA analyses of rose samples have not previously found closteroviruses,^[9][10] and thus they were previously thought to be unable to infect all Rosa,^[3] making RLRAV the first known.^[3]