Plasmodium gundersi

{{Short description|Species of single-celled organism}}

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| genus = Plasmodium

| species = gundersi

| authority = Bray, 1962

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Plasmodium gundersi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QUjl757YL6wC&q=plasmodium+gundersi&pg=PA584 |title=Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds |author1=Carter T. Atkinson |author2=Nancy J. Thomas |author3=D. Bruce Hunter |page=37 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-8138-0457-6 |date=13 January 2009 |accessdate=14 December 2016}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/pdf/2010/01/parasite2010171p3.pdf |title=The Sub-Genera of Avian Plasmodium |author1=Irene Landau |author2=J.M. Chavatte |author3=W. Peters |author4=A. Chabaud |journal=Parasite |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=3–7 |pmid=20387732 |doi=10.1051/parasite/2010171003 |date=15 March 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214202102/http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/pdf/2010/01/parasite2010171p3.pdf |archivedate=14 December 2016 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}

Like all Plasmodium species P. gundersi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.