See text Giovanolaia is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium created by Corradetti et al. in 1963.

This subgenus was shown on the basis of DNA analysis to be polyphyletic.

[2] Species in the subgenus Giovanolaia have the following characteristics: Schizonts contain plentiful cytoplasm, are larger than the host cell nucleus and frequently displace it.

Both gametocytes and schizonts are stretched along the red cell nucleus.

Exoerythrocytic schizogony occurs in the mononuclear phagocyte system.