Question

please define taxon in biology

Answer 1

a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxinomist to form a unit

Answer 2

Taxon,plural taxa, any unit used in science of biological classification, or taxonomy.Taxa are arranged in a hierarchy from kingdom to subspecies,a given taxon ordinarily including several taxa of lower rank. In a classification of protists, plants, and animals, certain taxonomic categories are universally recognized;these are kingdom, phylum (in plants,division), class, order, family, genus, species, and subspecies or race. Rules for naming the various taxa are the province of biological nomenclature.