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 |
|---|---|
| Cuora | — |
| Mauremys | — |
| Geoemyda | — |
| Heosemys | — |
| Cyclemys | — |
| Sacalia | — |
| Hardella | — |
| Melanochelys | — |
| Vijayachelys | — |
| Siebenrockiella | — |
| Amygdaloideae | — |
| greater glider | marsupial |
| Petrogale | — |
| Swainsona tenuis | — |
| Notochelys | — |
| Rhinoclemmys | — |
| Platanus | — |
| Platanaceae | — |
| Hymenocallis | — |
| Pangshura | — |
| Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum | subspecies |
| Eudorcas | — |
| Xenacoelomorpha | animal phylum |
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Jussieua L.
surface form:
Jussieua
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| Jussieuanthus | — |
| Centrarchidae | — |
| Oxalidaceae | — |
| Cunoniaceae | — |
| Brunelliaceae | — |
| Huaceae | — |
| Tremandraceae | taxonomic group |
| Oxalis | — |
| Elaeocarpus | — |
| Cunonia | — |
| Cephalotus | — |
| Capparaceae | — |
| Moringaceae | — |
| Gyrostemonaceae | — |
| Pentadiplandraceae | — |
| Salvadoraceae | — |
| Setchellanthaceae | — |
| Bataceae | — |
| Koeberliniaceae | — |
| Akaniaceae | — |
| Tropaeolaceae | — |
| Crossosomataceae | — |
| Ixerbaceae | — |
| Corymbia | — |
| Geranium | — |
| Erodium | — |