The PEDIGREE of
Genus Plasmodium (malarial parasite)

     (PARASITE; major killer of H. sapiens)
 "Child(ren)":       Subgenus Laverania   ;   (infectors of reptiles:) Asiamoeba   ;   Carinamoeba   ;   Lacertamoeba   ;   Ophidiella   ;   Paraplasmodium   ;   Sauramoeba   ;   (infectors of birds:) Bennettinia   ;   Giovannolaia   ;   Haemamoeba   ;   Huffia   ;   Novyella   ;   (infectors of monkeys and apes) Plasmodium   ;   (infectors of lower primates and other mammals) Vinckeia   ;   200+ species altogether
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/-- (NN), a very special Archaeote   +====> [ 45]
/-- pre-Eukaryote
/  \-- Pre-Mitochondrion Bacterium   +====> [ 51]
/-- proto-Eukaryote
/  \-- (NN), a thermophilic Bacterium   +====> [ 49]
/-- The First Eukaryote
| \ / OR: First Eukaryote [Lopez-Garcia - Moreira M.   +====> [ 51]
/  \-- (NN), a (thermophilic?) Bacterium   +====> [ 47]
/-- Domain of Eukaryotes  (2100 M BC)
/-- Subdomain Bikonta
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Superempire Corticata
|  / (skip this generation?)
/   / OR: Corticata [Cavalier-Smith model]   +====> [ 59]
/-- Kingdom Chromalveolata
| \ / OR: Kingdom Chromalveolata (Seven-Kingdom Model)   +====> [ 56]
| |  /-- Empire of Archaeplastida   +====> [ 60]
| |  /   / OR: Kingdom of Archaeplastida   +====> [ 56]
| |  /-- Superkingdom of Metabionta
| |  /   / or: poss. Clade of Excavata and Rhodophyta
| |  /-- Phylum Rhodophyta (Red Algae)
| | /-- Class Cyanidiophyceae (primitive red algae)
/  \-- Red plastid
/-- Subkingdom S.A.R. (Stramenopiles & Alveolates & Rhizaria)
/-- Superphylum Alveolata
/-- Phylum Apicomplexa (parasitic protozoa)
/-- Class Aconoidasida
/-- Subclass Haemosporasina
/-- Suborder Laveraniina
/-- Family Plasmodiidae
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- Genus Plasmodium (malarial parasite)
 
 
  ``3-Great Grandchild:''       Malarial macrogametocyte (in mosquito midgut)
 
  ``9-Great Grandchild:''       Malarial hypnozoite
 

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