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 |
|---|---|
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Tetrataenium (Penaeaceae context may vary; check current taxonomy)
surface form:
Tetrataenium
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| Olinia | — |
| Rhynchocalyx | — |
| Duabanga family | taxonomic group |
| Rhizophoraceae | — |
| Haptophyta | phylum |
| Synurophyceae | — |
| Halidrys | — |
| Phasianidae | — |
| Cepphus | — |
| Alca | — |
| Magnoliophyta | — |
| Marchantiophyta | taxonomic group |
| Psiloxylaceae | — |
| Cephalotaceae | — |
| Emblingiaceae | — |
| Leptospermum | — |
| Tristaniopsis | — |
| Platycarya | — |
| Circaea | — |
| Camissonia | — |
| Hauya | — |
| Taraxia | — |
| Galpinia | — |
| Adenaria | — |
| Physostemon | — |
| Pleurophora | — |
| Tibouchina | — |
| Saltera | — |
| Heteropyxis | — |
| Micropterus | — |
| Xiphophora | — |
| Elaeocarpaceae | — |
| Caricaceae | — |
| Cleomaceae | — |
| Stachyuraceae | — |
| Guamatelaceae | — |
| Metrosideros | — |
| Pelargonium | — |
| Sterculia | — |
| Miconia | — |
| Rhexia | — |
| Carabidae | — |
| Resedaceae | taxonomic family |
| Tovariaceae | — |
| Staphyleaceae | — |
| Geissolomataceae | — |
| Kunzea | — |
| Aphloiaceae | — |
| Engelhardia | — |