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 |
|---|---|
| Microascales | — |
| Falcocladiales | — |
| Annulatascales | — |
| Polygonanthus | — |
| Trichosphaeriales | — |
| Lulworthiales | — |
| Metopium | — |
| Sporothrix | fungal genus |
| Graphilbum | fungal genus |
| Subbaromyces | fungal genus |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | model organism |
| Tuber melanosporum | ascomycete |
| Dikarya | — |
| Rhamnaceae | taxonomic family |
| Aldabrachelys | — |
| Pisorisporiales | — |
| Leptographium | fungal genus |
| Neurospora crassa | model organism |
| Maleae | — |
| Fragosphaeria | fungal genus |
| Parkinsonia | — |
| Toxicodendron | — |
| Kingfisher | vernacular taxon |
| Nitrariaceae | — |
| Tetradiclidaceae | — |
| Raffaelea | fungal genus |
| Pezizomycotina | — |
| Trenholmensiales | — |
| Bufo | — |
| Formicidae | — |
| Semecarpus | — |
| Xenospadicoidales | — |
| Sapindaceae | — |
| Kirkiaceae | — |
| Astronium | — |
| Vertebrata | subphylum |
| Sordariales | — |
| Rutaceae | — |
| Biebersteiniaceae | — |
| Lannea | — |
| Meliaceae | — |
| Hypocreales | — |
| Venturia inaequalis | ascomycete |
| Xylariales | — |
| Burseraceae | — |
| Apidae | — |
| Elaeagnaceae | — |
| Simaroubaceae | — |
| Spondias | — |
| Diaporthales | — |