Botanical Taxonomy

noun a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below an order and containing one or more families

• In taxonomy, a suborder is a rank below order but above family.
• The suborder of this species is still being debated by scientists.
• I have no idea what suborder this bug belongs to.
• The suborder of priorities in this project needs to be reevaluated.

noun a taxonomic group, such as a species or genus

• The taxon classification system helps scientists organize and categorize different species.
• I learned about a new taxon called 'Canidae' which includes dogs, wolves, and foxes.
• I'm not sure what taxon that weird bug belongs to, but it looks creepy.
• In the taxonomic tree of life, humans belong to the taxon known as 'Homo sapiens'.