Thesaurus:taxon
THESAURUS | taxon |
English
Synonyms
- taxon
Hyponyms
Broader categories
- adelphotaxon
- Elvis taxon
- eutaxon
- form taxon
- ichnotaxon
- intertaxon
- intrataxon
- Lazarus taxon
- morphotaxon
- multitaxon
- nothotaxon
- ootaxon
- orthotaxon
- palynotaxon
- parataxon
- subtaxon
- supertaxon
- wastebasket taxon
Narrower categories, basic, ordered from largest to smallest
- domain
- kingdom
- phylum
- class [⇒ thesaurus]
- order
- family [⇒ thesaurus]
- genus
- species
Narrower categories, extended, ordered from largest to smallest
- domain
- subdomain
- —
- realm
- subrealm
- —
- hyperkingdom
- superkingdom
- kingdom
- subkingdom
- infrakingdom
- parvkingdom
- —
- superphylum
- phylum
- subphylum
- infraphylum
- microphylum
- —
- superclass
- class [⇒ thesaurus]
- subclass
- infraclass
- subterclass
- parvclass
- —
- superdivision
- division
- subdivision
- infradivision
- —
- superlegion
- legion
- sublegion
- infralegion
- —
- supercohort
- cohort
- subcohort
- infracohort
- —
- gigaorder
- magnorder
- grandorder
- mirorder
- superorder
- series
- order
- parvorder
- nanorder
- hypoorder
- minorder
- suborder
- infraorder
- parvorder
- —
- section
- subsection
- —
- gigafamily
- megafamily
- grandfamily
- hyperfamily
- superfamily
- epifamily
- series
- group [⇒ thesaurus]
- family [⇒ thesaurus]
- subfamily
- infrafamily
- —
- supertribe
- tribe
- subtribe
- infratribe
- —
- supergenus
- genus
- subgenus
- —
- section
- subsection
- —
- series
- subseries
- —
- species complex
- species
- subspecies
- variety
- subvariety
- form [⇒ thesaurus]
Ootaxa
- oofamily
- oogenus
- oospecies
Meronyms
- taxon
- organism [⇒ thesaurus]
Various
Related concepts
- clade
- rank
- hierarchy
- nomenclature
Fields
- taxonomy
- biology [⇒ thesaurus]
See also
- Category:en:Taxonomy
- Category:mul:Taxonomic names (domain)
- Category:mul:Taxonomic names (kingdom)
- Category:mul:Taxonomic names (phylum)
- Category:mul:Taxonomic names (class)
- Category:mul:Taxonomic names (order)
- Category:mul:Taxonomic names (family)
- Category:mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- Category:mul:Taxonomic names (species)
- Appendix:Taxonomic names
Further reading
- “species” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- "taxon" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
- taxon, britannica.com
- taxon, encyclopedia.com
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