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A taxon (plural taxa) is a unit of classification.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels are species, followed by genus, family, order, class, phylum (in animals) or division (in plants), and kingdom, in ascending order. In a hierarchy, the kingdom category is present at the topmost level, whereas species is at the lowest level. So, each included category can be called a taxon (rank). Species are grouped within genera; genera are grouped within families, families are grouped into order, orders are grouped within a class, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Taxonomic Hierarchy of <i>Mangifera indica<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kingdom: Plantae<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Division: Mangoliopsida<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Class: Magnoliophyta<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Order: Sapindales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Family: Anacardiaceae<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Genus: <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mangifera<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Species:<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> indica<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: A particular level of hierarchy in the classification of living organisms is termed a taxon. 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