taxon
C838
concept
A taxon is a group of one or more organisms classified together as a unit in a biological taxonomy based on shared characteristics.
All labels observed (53)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| taxon canonical | 3,393 |
| taxonomic family | 133 |
| mammal family | 63 |
| taxonomic group | 55 |
| fossil taxon | 52 |
| marsupial | 48 |
| subspecies | 46 |
| taxonomic order | 43 |
| fungal genus | 42 |
| phylum | 31 |
| extinct taxon | 14 |
| insect family | 12 |
| model organism | 12 |
| taxonomic subfamily | 11 |
| ascomycete | 9 |
| subphylum | 9 |
| fungal class | 8 |
| animal phylum | 5 |
| monotypic genus | 5 |
| beetle family | 3 |
| proposed taxon | 3 |
| reptile family | 3 |
| taxonomic subclass | 3 |
| biological class | 2 |
| class of organisms | 2 |
| dinosaur genus | 2 |
| extinct animal subspecies | 2 |
| fungal phylum | 2 |
| paraphyletic group | 2 |
| taxonomicClass | 2 |
| type species | 2 |
| vernacular taxon | 2 |
| animal taxon | 1 |
| carnivorous plant taxon | 1 |
| clade of mammals | 1 |
| domain of life | 1 |
| endemic taxon | 1 |
| eukaryotic taxon | 1 |
| extant taxon | 1 |
| genus of tortoises | 1 |
| global bird taxonomy | 1 |
| historical taxonomic genus | 1 |
| insect taxon | 1 |
| mammalian family | 1 |
| marsupial order | 1 |
| paraphyletic taxon | 1 |
| reptile taxon | 1 |
| rhinoceros subspecies | 1 |
| species complex | 1 |
| stramenopile taxon | 1 |
| subspecies of cougar | 1 |
| superphylum | 1 |
| taxonomic concept | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: taxon
Generated description
A taxon is a group of one or more organisms classified together as a unit in a biological taxonomy based on shared characteristics.
Instances (3,947)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Solidago | — |
| Achillea | — |
| Senecio | — |
| Echinacea | — |
| Liatris | — |
| Rangea | fossil taxon |
| Pteridinium | fossil taxon |
| Rhinosciurus | — |
| Aeromys | — |
| Clupea | — |
| Sporophila | — |
| Oryzoborus torridus | — |
| Oreochromis | — |
| Cichlidae | taxonomic family |
| Potamochoerus porcus | — |
| Sus heureni | fossil taxon |
| Pecora | — |
| Catagonus | — |
| Giraffa | — |
| Protoceratidae | taxonomic family |
| Xiphodontidae | — |
| Oromerycidae | — |
| Mysticeti | — |
| Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep | subspecies |
| Petinomys | — |
| Pecari | — |
| Tayassu | — |
| Phacochoerus | — |
| Clupeidae | taxonomic family |
| Lactuca | — |
| Testudinidae | taxonomic family |
| Chordata | phylum |
| Capsicum | — |
| Vireonidae | — |
| Kimberella | fossil taxon |
| Rusa | — |
| Florida panther | subspecies of cougar |
| Cichorium | — |
| Buteo | — |
| Hyemoschus | — |
| Moschiola | — |
| Salmonidae | — |
| Esociformes | — |
| Prosciurillus | — |
| Tamiops | — |
| Cyprinidae | taxonomic family |
| Cobitidae | — |
| Balitoridae | — |
| Nemacheilidae | — |
| Acheilognathidae | — |