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The term ‘taxon’ is used for 

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a

The ranks of species and genus

b

Any rank of taxonomic hierarchy

c

The ranks up to phylum

d

The species epithet only

answer is D.

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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.

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