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 |
|---|---|
| Saxifragales | — |
| Urtica | — |
| Humulus | — |
| Rosaceae | — |
| Corylus | — |
| Allocasuarina | — |
| Crypteronia | — |
| Chelicerata | subphylum |
| Trapa | — |
| Petenaeaceae | — |
| Tapisciaceae | taxonomic family |
| Gerrardinaceae | — |
| Huertea cubensis | — |
| Ostrya | — |
| Terminalia | — |
| Combretum | — |
| Lumnitzera | — |
| Guiera | — |
| Calopyxis | — |
| Getonia | — |
| Meiocarpidium | — |
| Terminaliopsis | — |
| Huerteaceae | — |
| Perrottetiaceae | — |
| Drosophila melanogaster | model organism |
| euro (wallaroo) | marsupial |
| Oreotragus | — |
| Hemichordata | phylum |
| Sulawesi bear cuscus | marsupial |
| Hexapoda | taxonomic group |
| Archaeognatha | — |
| Polemoniaceae | — |
| Pteleopsis | — |
| Thiloa | — |
| Duabanga | — |
| Conocarpus | — |
| Crabronidae | insect family |
|
subfamily Crabroninae
surface form:
Crabroninae
|
— |
| Balsaminaceae | — |
| Allochrocebus | — |
| Plecoptera | taxonomic group |
| Zygentoma | — |
| Ortalisinae | — |
| Ortalis | — |
| Capra pyrenaica victoriae | subspecies |
| Caprini | — |
| Delphinoidea | — |
| Swainsona stenodonta | — |
| Bataguridae | taxonomic family |
| Batagur | — |