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 |
|---|---|
| Polygonum | — |
| Fagopyrum | — |
| Rumex | — |
| Rheum | — |
| Fallopia | — |
| Oxyria | — |
| Muehlenbeckia | — |
| Coccoloba | — |
| Emex | — |
| Antigonon | — |
| Triplaris | — |
| Calligonum | — |
| Atraphaxis | — |
| Brunnichia | — |
| Polygonoideae | — |
| Eriogonoideae | — |
| Potentilleae | — |
| northern white rhinoceros | rhinoceros subspecies |
| Rosoideae | — |
| Diprotodontia | — |
| Polygonella | — |
| Oxygonum | — |
| Tyrannus | — |
| Tyrannidae | — |
| Tyrannus forficatus | — |
| Cercis | — |
| Morone | — |
| Moronidae | — |
| Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | subspecies |
| Macropodidae | taxonomic family |
| Gallesia | — |
| Papaveraceae | — |
| Pinophyta | taxonomic group |
| Mirabilis | — |
| Nyctaginia | — |
| Boerhavia | — |
| Pisonia | — |
| Abronia | — |
| Acleisanthes | — |
| Allionia | — |
| Colignonia | — |
| Guapira | — |
| Neea | — |
| Okenia | — |
| Basella | — |
| Maloideae | — |
| Planera | — |
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Trema (in some classifications)
surface form:
Trema
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— |
| Curculionidae | — |
| Petiveria | — |