Nama ilmiah untuk koronavirus adalah ''Orthocoronavirinae'' atau ''Coronavirinae''. Subfamili ini terdiri atas 4 genus, 25 subgenus, dan 45 spesies.<ref name="ICTVOrthocoronavirinaeICTV">{{cite web |lasttitle=ICTV|year=2020|title= Taxonomy history: ''Orthocoronavirinae'' |url=https://talk.ictvonline.org//taxonomy/p/taxonomy-history?taxnode_id=201851847 |website=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)|language=en |access-date=2224 MeiJanuary 20212020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="OrthocoronavirinaeICTVICTV">{{cite web|last=ICTV|year=2020|title=ICTV Taxonomy history: ''Orthocoronavirinae'' |url=https://talk.ictvonline.org//taxonomy/p/taxonomy-history?taxnode_id=201851847 |website=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)|language=en |access-date=2422 JanuaryMei 2020 |language=en2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zhou|first=Zhijian|last2=Qiu|first2=Ye|last3=Ge|first3=Xingyi|date=April 2021|title=The taxonomy, host range and pathogenicity of coronaviruses and other viruses in the Nidovirales order|url=https://animaldiseases.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s44149-021-00005-9|journal=Animal Diseases|volume=1|issue=1|pages=5|doi=10.1186/s44149-021-00005-9|issn=2731-0442}}</ref>
