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 |
|---|---|
| Ebenaceae | — |
| Actinidiaceae | — |
| Clethraceae | — |
| Lecythidaceae | — |
| Diospyros | — |
| Actinidia | — |
| Impatiens | — |
| Sapotaceae | — |
| Myrsinaceae | — |
| Pentaphylacaceae | — |
| Roridulaceae | — |
| Polemonium | — |
| Monticola | — |
| Myodocarpaceae | — |
| Percopsiformes | — |
| Styracaceae | — |
| Marcgraviaceae | — |
| Mitrastemonaceae | — |
| Cyrillaceae | — |
| Kalmia | — |
| Pennantiaceae | — |
| Chlidonias | — |
| Rissa | — |
| Hydrocoloeus | — |
| Gelochelidon | — |
| Symplocaceae | — |
| Taxodioideae | — |
| Montiniaceae | — |
| Urera | — |
| Krugiodendron | — |
| Barbeya | monotypic genus |
| Diapensiaceae | — |
| Sladeniaceae | — |
| Nelumbonaceae | — |
| Debregeasia | — |
| Ostryopsis | — |
| Hornemannia | — |
| Gymnostoma | — |
| Lagerstroemia | — |
| Maoutia puya | — |
| Alniphyllum | — |
| Betulaster | fossil taxon |
| Betuloideae | — |
| Coryloideae | taxonomic group |
| Casuarina | — |
| Ceuthostoma | — |
| Alzatea | — |
| Axinandra | — |
| Dactylocladus | — |
| Anserinae | — |