describedTaxon

P20721
predicate

Indicates that an entity (such as a publication or description) formally describes or establishes the referenced taxon.

Try in SPARQL

All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
describedTaxon canonical 83
describedTaxa 18
taxonDescribed 7

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: describedTaxon
Generated description
Indicates that an entity (such as a publication or description) formally describes or establishes the referenced taxon.

Sample triples (127)

Subject Object
Robert Brown Proteaceae ⓘ
Robert Brown many Australian plant genera ⓘ
Through a Window chimpanzee via predicate surface "mainSpeciesDescribed" ⓘ
Louis Pierre Vieillot many North American bird species ⓘ
Louis Pierre Vieillot many South American bird species ⓘ
Louis Pierre Vieillot numerous passerine birds ⓘ
Rudolphi, 1808 Nematoda via predicate surface "taxonDescribed" ⓘ
Alcelaphinae Charles Hamilton Smith via predicate surface "firstScientificDescriptionBy" ⓘ
Harvey Romneya via predicate surface "hasDescribedTaxon" ⓘ
Peter Simon Pallas Pallas's cat ⓘ
Peter Simon Pallas Pallas's fish eagle ⓘ
linked to: pallas’s fish eagle
Peter Simon Pallas Pallas's gull ⓘ
Peter Simon Pallas Pallas's leaf warbler ⓘ
Peter Simon Pallas Pallas's sandgrouse ⓘ
Peter Simon Pallas Pallas's squirrel ⓘ
Dana Euphausia superba ⓘ
linked to: Antarctic krill
Jaguar Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstScientificDescriptionBy" ⓘ
Gegenbaur, 1859 Platyhelminthes ⓘ
Heinrich Georg Winter Ophiostoma ⓘ
George Bentham numerous plant genera and species ⓘ
Charles Lawson Ponderosa pine via predicate surface "hasDescribedTaxon" ⓘ
dodo
linked to: dodo (extinct)
Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstScientificDescriptionBy" ⓘ
T. H. Korf Ophiostomataceae via predicate surface "taxonNamed" ⓘ
Ferdinand von Mueller many new Australian plant species via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Edward Drinker Cope Camptosaurus via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Edward Drinker Cope Coelophysis via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Edward Drinker Cope Monoclonius via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Edward Drinker Cope Dimetrodon via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Edward Drinker Cope Edaphosaurus via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Edward Drinker Cope various North American fossil mammals via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Oskar Trouessart Yangtze River dolphin ⓘ
linked to: Yangtze river dolphin (baiji)
Oskar Trouessart baiji ⓘ
Ernst Schwarz Pan paniscus ⓘ
Ernst Schwarz bonobo ⓘ
François Marie Daudin numerous reptile species ⓘ
François Marie Daudin numerous amphibian species ⓘ
Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger multiple bird species via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger multiple mammal species via predicate surface "describedTaxa" ⓘ
Finsch Fiordland crested penguin ⓘ
linked to: Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki
Johann Georg Wagler Dendrobates tinctorius ⓘ
Johann Georg Wagler Boa constrictor amarali ⓘ
Johann Georg Wagler Hyla marmorata ⓘ
Johann Georg Wagler Ara macao ⓘ
Johann Georg Wagler various Neotropical parrots ⓘ
George Harris Tasmanian devil ⓘ
Desmarest swamp wallaby ⓘ
eastern quoll Georges Cuvier via predicate surface "firstScientificDescriptionBy" ⓘ
Torrey Pinus monophylla via predicate surface "taxonDescribed" ⓘ
Carl Ludwig Blume numerous genera of tropical plants ⓘ
Buren Solenopsis invicta ⓘ