plasmodium jiangi plasmodium jiangi plasmodium jiangi is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus novyella. as in all plasmodium species, p. jiangi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. plasmodium jiangi scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. jiangi binomial name plasmodium jiangi distribution this species occurs in china. hosts the only known host of this species is the red-whiskered bulbul (pycnonotus jocosus).