Talk:List of Plasmodium species

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This page is currently unde construction. References will be added shortly. DrMicro (talk) 22:09, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Species
The current listing has 272 species. Of these 177 have been classified into the currently 16 subgenera.

There are a few species whose validity may be questionable. The inclusion of three cynomogli species may need to be revised as these rathe be subspecies rather than species. The status of the ovale species has been confirmed.

This may alter the number of species in the listings. DrMicro (talk) 13:15, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

One more species moved to the dubious listing. Current list is 271 species. DrMicro (talk) 13:20, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

I will try to create pages for the remaining species of Plasmodium. The species remaining outside a subgenus all belong to lizards or birds with one exception - a species that infects tortoises. This may well be classified into its own genus at some point given that tortoises are quite distant from lizards and snakes.

The current recognised taxa may be further subject to revision once more DNA sequences become available so the numbers of species listed here should be regarded as at best provisional. Nonetheless this is probably as accurate a listing of the entire genus as is currently available. DrMicro (talk) 13:33, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

It may be worth noting that the species billbrayi may be a junior synonym of gaboni. If this is the case then this listing has only 270 species.DrMicro (talk) 13:36, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Another species moved to the dubious species listing. The main list now has 270 species listed. The dubious species listing has 31. DrMicro (talk) 13:41, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

There are about 80 species without their own page at present. DrMicro (talk) 13:49, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Current listing is 270 species. Of these 195 have been placed into subgenera. 87 do not yet have their own page. Virion123 (talk) 15:09, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

The number without their own page is now 86.Virion123 (talk) 12:41, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Another species has been added.Virion123 (talk) 10:09, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Two more species have been added. One has been placed in a subgenus. Virion123 (talk) 17:35, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Another species has been added. The current listing is 274 species. Virion123 (talk) 18:27, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

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One species has been moved to nomimum dubium. 18 have been placed into subgenera.

Current listing is 273 species with 213 placed into subgenera. Virion123 (talk) 16:38, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Another species has been added. Virion123 (talk) 17:58, 6 December 2019 (UTC)