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 |
|---|---|
| Andropogon | — |
| Xanthophyceae | — |
| Bilateria | — |
| Protostomia | — |
| Proteaceae | — |
| Hemistylus | — |
| Lozanella | — |
| Touchardia | — |
| Soleirolia | — |
| Neraudia | — |
| Leucosyke | — |
| Nesiota | — |
| Poikilospermum | — |
| Gonostegia | — |
| Pipturus | — |
| Oreortyx | — |
| Urticaceae | taxonomic family |
| Colletia | — |
| Paliurus | — |
| Alligatoridae | taxonomic family |
| Passerellidae | taxonomic family |
| Rhynchortyx | — |
| Cracidae | — |
| Canis lupus familiaris | subspecies |
| Felidae | — |
| Crocodylus | — |
| Sageretia | — |
| Phoenicopteridae | — |
| St Kilda wren | endemic taxon |
| Moraceae | — |
| Squamata | taxonomic group |
| Sephanoides | — |
| Crocodylidae | — |
| Pistacia | — |
| Tapirira | — |
| Phylica | — |
| Sarcomphalus | — |
| Trochilidae | — |
| Schinus | — |
| Rhus | — |
| Anisophyllea | — |
| Echinodermata | phylum |
|
Lagerstroemia (crape myrtle)
surface form:
Lagerstroemia
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— |
| Combretocarpus | — |
| Cannabaceae | — |
| Boliniales | — |
| Chaetosphaeriales | — |
| Torpedosporales | — |
| Koralionastetales | — |
| Mytilinidiales | — |