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.
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.[1] The standard author abbreviation Ruiz & Pav. is used to indicate Pavón and his colleague Ruiz as joint authors when citing a botanical name.
The genus Pavonia was named in his honor by Antonio José Cavanilles [2] — plants with the specific epithet of pavonii also commemorate his name.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a ..., Volume 1 edited by John Michael Francis
- ^ CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ^ Etymological Dictionary of Grasses by Harold T. Clifford, Peter D. Bostock
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Pav.
External links
- (in Spanish) Short biography
- "Flora Peruviana et Chilensis" Vols. I-III available online at Botanicus.org website
- José Antonio Pavón. Polymath Virtual Library, Fundación Ignacio Larramendi
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