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Multiple choice

The term 'taxon' was coined by

  1. Tournefort

  2. Linnaeus

  3. Adolf Meyer

  4. Lam

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Explanation

The term 'taxon' was introduced by Adolf Meyer in 1926. While Linnaeus is the father of taxonomy, he did not coin this specific term.

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