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Taxon

A set of organisms asserted to represent a natural cohesive biological unit.

TypePending: not final, consumers may ignore itschema.org/Taxon

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Properties (17)

Properties defined on Taxon
PropertyExpectsDescription
childTaxonTaxon, Text, URLClosest child taxa of the taxon in question.
hasDefinedTermDefinedTermA Defined Term contained in this term set.
parentTaxonTaxon, Text, URLClosest parent taxon of the taxon in question.
taxonRankPropertyValue, Text, URLThe taxonomic rank of this taxon given preferably as a URI from a controlled vocabulary – typically the ranks from TDWG TaxonRank ontology or equivalent Wikidata URIs.

Where Taxon is used as a value

These properties expect a Taxon: childTaxon, parentTaxon, taxonomicRange.