[1][2] The genus contains the following species:[2] Viruses in Caulimovirus are non-enveloped, with icosahedral geometries, and T=7, T=7 symmetry.

[1] Caulimoviruses achieve entry into plant cells via damaged tissues, transmission via an animal vector (aphid insects) and seeds passed down to generations.

The viral product is made and assembled in the cytoplasm, which then spreads to other parts of the plant cell using plasmodesmata.

Moreover, Caulimoviruses have also been investigated as possible vectors for introducing foreign genes into plants since these viruses have dsDNA.

Since Caulimoviruses have regulatory promoter [5] elements, they play a role in developing plant modifications to increase resistance to disease and infections.