Question

How many of the following statement(s) is/are true?
A) Each unit of taxonomic category represents a rank.
B) Taxon is not a part of the taxonomic hierarchy.
C) Genus is the lowest category of taxonomic hierarchy.

Answer 1

The classification process involves a hierarchy of steps (taxonomic hierarchy) with a category in every step known as the taxonomic category.

Each category, referred to as a unit of classification represents a rank and is commonly termed as taxon. So, taxon is a part of taxonomic hierarchy.

Species is the lowest category of a taxonomic hierarchy, whereas the genus consists of a group of related species and comes after species in a taxonomic hierarchy when arranged in an ascending order.