Plasmodium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Haemospororida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Tsar Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Alveolata Phylum: Myzozoa Subphylum: Apicomplexa Infraphylum: Sporozoa Classis: Aconoidasida Ordo: Haemospororida

Familia: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Subgenera: P. (Asiamoeba) – P. (Bennettinia) – P. (Carinamoeba) – P. (Giovannolaia) – P. (Haemamoeba) – P. (Huffia) – P. (Lacertaemoba) – P. (Laverania) – P. (Neogarnia) – P. (Novyella) – P. (Plasmodium) – P. (Paraplasmodium) – P. (Sauramoeba) – P. (Vinckeia)

Overview of species

P. accipiteris – P. achiotense – P. achromaticum – P. acuminatum – P. adunyinkai – P. aegyptensis – P. aeuminatum – P. agamae – P. alloelongatum – P. anasum – P. anomaluri – P. arachniformis – P. ashfordi – P. atheruri – P. audaciosum – P. aurulentum – P. australis – P. attenuatum – P. azurophilum – P. balli – P. bambusicolai – P. basilisci – P. beebei – P. beltrani – P. berghei – P. bertii – P. bigueti – P. bitis – P. biziurae – P. booliati – P. bouillize – P. bowiei – P. brodeni – P. brasilianum – P. brasiliense – P. brumpti – P. brucei – P. brygooi – P. bubalis – P. bucki – P. bufoni – P. buteonis – P. capistrani – P. carinii – P. cathemerium – P. causi – P. cephalophi – P. cercopitheci – P. chabaudi – P. chalcidi – P. chiricahuae – P. circularis – P. circumflexum – P. clelandi – P. cordyli – P. cnemaspi – P. cnemidophori – P. coatneyi – P. coggeshalli – P. colombiense – P. columbae – P. corradettii – P. coturnixi – P. coulangesi – P. cuculus – P. cyclopsi – P. cynomolgi – P. diminutivum – P. diploglossi – P. dissanaikei – P. divergens – P. dominicana – P. draconis – P. durae – P. effusum – P. egerniae – P. elongatum – P. eylesi – P. fabesia – P. fairchildi – P. falciparum – P. falconi – P. fallax – P. fieldi – P. fischeri – P. foleyi – P. formosanum – P. forresteri – P. floridense – P. fragile – P. galbadoni – P. garnhami – P. gallinaceum – P. gemini – P. georgesi – P. giganteum – P. giganteumaustralis – P. giovannolai – P. girardi – P. gonderi – P. globularis – P. gologoense – P. gonatodi – P. gracilis – P. griffithsi – P. guangdong – P. gundersi – P. guyannense – P. heischi – P. hegneri – P. hermani – P. herodiadis – P. heteronucleare – P. hexamerium – P. holaspi – P. holti – P. huffi – P. hylobati – P. incertae – P. icipeensis – P. iguanae – P. inconstans – P. inopinatum – P. inui – P. japonicum – P. jefferi – P. jiangi – P. josephinae – P. joyeuxi – P. juxtanucleare – P. kempi – P. kentropyxi – P. knowlesi – P. koreafense – P. lacertiliae – P. lagopi – P. lainsoni – P. landauae – P. leanucteus – P. lemuris – P. lepidoptiformis – P. limnotragi – P. lionatum – P. lophurae – P. loveridgei – P. lutzi – P. lygosomae – P. mabuiae – P. mackerrasae – P. mackiei – P. maculilabre – P. maior – P. majus – P. malariae – P. marginatum – P. matutinum – P. megaglobularis – P. megalotrypa – P. melanoleuca – P. melanipherum – P. mexicanum – P. michikoa – P. minasense – P. minuoviride – P. modestum – P. morulum – P. multiformis – P. murinus – P. narayani – P. necatrix – P. neotropicalis – P. neusticuri – P. nucleophilium – P. octamerium – P. odocoilei – P. osmaniae – P. ovale – P. paddae – P. papernai – P. paranucleophilum – P. parvulum – P. pedioecetii – P. pelaezi – P. percygarnhami – P. pessoai – P. petersi – P. pifanoi – P. pinotti – P. pinorrii – P. pitheci – P. pitmani – P. polare – P. pulmophilum – P. pythonias – P. quelea – P. reichenowi – P. relictum – P. rhadinurum – P. rhodaini – P. robinsoni – P. rousetti – P. rousseloti – P. rouxi – P. sandoshami – P. sasai – P. saurocaudatum – P. schweitzi – P. scelopori – P. scorzai – P. semiovale – P. semnopitheci – P. shortii – P. siamense – P. silvaticum – P. simium – P. simplex – P. smirnovi – P. stuthionis – P. tanzaniae – P. tenue – P. tejerai – P. telfordi – P. tomodoni – P. torrealbai – P. toucani – P. traguli – P. tribolonoti – P. tropiduri – P. tumbayaensis – P. tyrio – P. uilenbergi – P. uluguruense – P. uncinatum – P. uranoscodoni – P. utingensis – P. uzungwiense – P. watteni – P. wenyoni – P. vacuolatum – P. vastator – P. vaughani – P. vautieri – P. venkataramiahii – P. vinckei – P. vivax – P. volans – P. voltaicum – P. wenyoni – P. yoelii – P. youngi – P. zonuriae

Name

Plasmodium Marchiafava & Celli, 1885

Type species: Plasmodium malariae (Feletti & Grassi, 1889)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Haematophyllum Metschn., Russk. Med. 1887(12): 208 (1887)
  - Type species: Haematophyllum malariae Metschn. (1887)

References

Primary references

Marchiafava, E. & Celli, A. 1885a. Nuove ricerche sulla infezione malarica. Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 9: 311–340.
Marchiafava, E. & Celli, A. 1885b. Neue Untersuchungen über die Malaria-Infection. Fortschritte der Medizin 3: 787–806.
Mechnikov, I.I. (Мечниковъ, И.) 1887. Къ ученiю о малярiи [On the study of malaria]. Russkaya meditsina 1887(12): 207–210. (Russian) Reference page.

Additional references

Ayala S.C. 1978: Checklist, host index, and annotated bibliography of Plasmodium from reptiles. J. Euk. Micro. 25 (1): 87–100.
Ilgūnas, M. et al. 2013: Molecular and morphological characterization of two avian malaria parasites (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), with description of Plasmodium homonucleophilum n. sp. Zootaxa 3666(1): 49–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.5 Reference page.
Yotoko, K.S.C., Elisei C. 2006: Malaria parasites (Apicomplexa, Haematozoea) and their relationships with their hosts: is there an evolutionary cost for the specialization? J. Zoo. Syst. Evol. Res. 44 (4): 265