What is Taxon ?

Taxon (plural : taxa) is defined as "a named taxonomic group of any rank". In this way at Family level, taxa are Malvaceae, Asclepiadace, Papaveraceae etc. The examples of taxa of a genus (or generic taxa) are Hibiscus, Calotropis, Argentine etc.
The term 'taxon' was actually coined to replace awkward phrases like ' taxonomic entity' and 'taxonomic unit'.
Moreover, the organisms contained within a rank e.g. species, genus, or order can also be called as taxa.