Position in a system
species
Plasmodium malariae Grassi & Feletti, 1890
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| kingdom | Chromalveolata Adl et al., 2005 |
| superphylum | Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991 - alveolate |
| phylum | Apicomplexa Levine, 1970 |
| class | Aconoidasida Mehlhorn,Peters & Haberkorn, 1980 |
| order | Haemosporida Danilewsky,1885 |
| family | Plasmodiidae Mesnil,1903 |
| genus | Plasmodium Marchiafava & Celli,1885 |
| subgenus | Plasmodium Marchiafava & Celli, 1885 |
| species | Plasmodium malariae Grassi & Feletti, 1890 |