Stelpaviricetes

Stelpaviricetes is a class of non-enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses which infect plants and animals.^[1] Characteristic of the group is a VPg protein attached to the 5'-end of the genome and a conserved 3C-like protease from the PA clan of proteases for processing the translated polyprotein.^[2][3] The name of the group is a syllabic abbreviation of member orders "stellavirales, patatavirales" with the suffix -viricetes denoting a virus class.^[4]

Stelpaviricetes
Phylogentic tree with families Potyviridae and Astroviridae
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Pisuviricota
Class:	Stelpaviricetes

Orders

The following orders are recognized:

• Patatavirales
• Stellavirales