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A group of organisms at any particular level in a classification system is called a _____.
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A group of organisms at any particular level in a classification system is called as Taxon. The taxon is the fundamental unit of taxonomic classification. The term taxon was coined by Adolf Meyer in 1926 for animals and H.J Lam used this term for plants in 1948.
Taxa are arranged in a hierarchy from kingdom to subspecies, a given taxon ordinarily including several taxa of lower rank. Species, genus and phylum are all specific examples of taxons that have been assigned
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A group of organisms at any particular level in a classification system is called as Taxon. The taxon is the fundamental unit of taxonomic classification. The term taxon was coined by Adolf Meyer in 1926 for animals and H.J Lam used this term for plants in 1948.
Taxa are arranged in a hierarchy from kingdom to subspecies, a given taxon ordinarily including several taxa of lower rank. Species, genus and phylum are all specific examples of taxons that have been assigned
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