Plasmodium elongatum

Plasmodium elongatum is a malaria parasite discovered by Hartman and first disclosed in Hartman 1927.^[1][2] Study of it has been fundamental to understanding the lifecycle of malaria^[1] along with study of P. gallinaceum, also a malaria parasite of birds.^[2] It is the type species of the subgenus Huffia.^[3]

Plasmodium elongatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. elongatum
Binomial name
Plasmodium elongatum Huff, 1930