The term 'taxon' is used for

Options

A. the ranks of species and genus
B. the ranks up to phylum
C. the species epithet only
D. any rank of taxonomic hierachy.

Answer

D

Explanation

Taxon is a unit of classification which may represent any level of grouping of organisms based on certain easily observable common characteristics. Mayr (1964) has defined taxon to be a taxonomic group of any rank that is sufficiently distinct to be worthy of being assigned to a definite category.