Plural of taxon

Forms of taxon

Less standard forms: taxons (proscribed).

Taxa in a sentence

• However, we also performed analyses after excluding solitary taxa to check the robustness of the reconstructions to variation in taxon sampling.2018, Patrick K Piekarski et al., “Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae)”, in...
• For outgroup taxa, order and species names are given for each examined specimen.2015 December, Nancy I. Holcroft, “Variation in the Posttemporal-Supracleithrum Articulation in Euteleosts”, in Copeia, volume 103, number…. From the entry euteleosteomorph
• The evolutuonary relationships of some of the iconic taxa suggest a Wallacean and Gondwanan origin.2011, Dmitry Telnov, Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. From the entry Wallacean
• Conversely, some taxa such as many Dendronotina may lack a receptaculum but possess a bursa.2010, Janet Leonard, Alex Cordoba-Aguilar, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals, page 156. From the entry bursa
• Again, interestingly, most of the alkalitolerant taxa with reported pHₘₐₓ of 10–11 were isolated from non-alkaline environments.2010, Koki Horikoshi, Extremophiles Handbook, page 88. From the entry alkalitolerant

Meaning of taxon

1. noun A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated as a unit by taxonomists.

Full definition of taxon

Nouns ending in -on: plural -a

• phenomenon (phenomena)
• criterion (criteria)
• lexicon (lexica)

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Questions about the plural of taxon

What is the plural of taxon?

The plural of taxon is taxa.

Is taxon countable?

Taxon is a countable noun.

Is taxons correct?

taxons is marked proscribed in Wiktionary. The usual plural of taxon is taxa.