A taxon is (a) a group of related families (b) a group of related species (c) a type of living organisms (d) a taxonomic group of any ranking.
Option D The word taxon signifies a taxonomic group of any rank which represents the real biological organisms included in a category. The term taxon was coined by Adolf Meyer (1926) for animals and H.J Lam (1948) used this term in plant science.
