Question
Biology Question on patterns of biodiversity
'Taxon' is the unit of a group of
A
order
B
taxonomy
C
species
D
genes.
Answer
taxonomy
Explanation
Solution
Taxon refers to all the categories in the taxonomic hierarchy. It may be a kingdom, class, order, family, genus or species. It is any level of grouping of organisms. Each of these categories has been divided further into intermediate categories like subkingdom, subdivision, superclass, subgenus, subspecies etc. This term was coined by ICBN in 1956.