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taxon|ˈtæksɒn|
Pl. taxa.
[a. G. taxon (A. Meyer Logik der Morphologie (1926) 127), f. taxonomie taxonomy.]
A taxonomic group, as a genus or species. Also fig.
1929Scientific Monthly Feb. 107/2 Such conceptions as the ‘species’, or ‘taxon’ in taxonomy. 1936Acta Biotheoretica II. 180 Meyer's taxa (and phyla) are more valuable concepts in theory than in practice. 1948Minutes Utrecht Conf. 14 June in Chronica Botanica (1950) XII. 12 Dr. Lam explained that in order to simplify the wording of the Rules, it is proposed to indicate a taxonomic group of any rank with the term taxon (plural taxa). 1951[see endemic a. a]. 1953Proc. 7th Internat. Bot. Congr. 1950 465/1 Taxon..was, however, a very convenient word, and after two years [sc. by 1950] 60% to 70% of botanists were using it. 1961Watsonia V. 68 Many infraspecific taxa [of Trifolium repens] have been described for wild populations. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxviii. 400 There is no fixed typological criterion of an extinct species, genus, family, or other taxon. 1973Jrnl. Indo-European Studies I. 405 A few words should be said about the main taxon in question; namely: Indo-Europeanist. 1976Sci. Amer. Aug. 32/3 His work has revealed a surprisingly wide range of vertebrates: at least a dozen taxa of mammals, 22 of birds, three of fishes and one taxon of reptiles. 1980Dædalus Spring 85 A Renaissance similitude (biblical giants) eventually converted into an Enlightenment taxon (species-giants). |
