DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Taxa differs from taxon due to this being

    A)  a higher taxonomic category than taxon

    B)  lower taxonomic category than taxon

    C)  the plural of taxon

    D)  the singular of taxon

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    A taxon (plural=taxa) is a taxonomic group belonging to any rank in a given system of classification. It may be as large as a division, eg, angiosperms as small as a species, eg, Solanum nigrum or still smaller variety, eg, Brassica oleracea var. capitata.


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