José Antonio Pavón Jiménez

José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón (April 22, 1754 in Casatejada, Cáceres, Spain – 1840 in Madrid) was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile.

Biography During the reign of Charles III of Spain, three major botanical expeditions were sent to the New World; Pavón and Hipólito Ruiz López were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile from 1777 to 1788.Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a ..., Volume 1 edited by John Michael Francis

The genus Pavonia was named in his honor by his contemporary, Spanish botanist Antonio José CavanillesCRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names ... by Umberto Quattrocchi — plants with the specific epithet of pavonii also commemorate his name.Etymological Dictionary of Grasses by Harold T. Clifford, Peter D. Bostock

See also Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru List of taxa named by Ruiz and Pavón

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