José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón (April 22, 1754 in
Casatejada,
Cáceres,
Spain
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– 1840 in
Madrid
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) was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of
Peru
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and
Chile
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.
Biography
During the reign of
Charles III of Spain, three major botanical expeditions were sent to the New World; Pavón and
Hipólito Ruiz López
Hipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754 in Belorado, Burgos, Spain – 1816 in Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Charles III of Spain, Carlos III from 17 ...
were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile from 1777 to 1788.
The genus ''
Pavonia'' was named in his honor by his contemporary, Spanish botanist
Antonio José Cavanilles — 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
Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez are jointly cited as the authors of many botanical names. Between 1779 and 1788 these Spanish botanists (together with the French botanist Joseph Dombey) visited Chile, Peru and other ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Short biography"Flora Peruviana et Chilensis" Vols. I-III available online at Botanicus.org websiteJosé Antonio Pavón. Polymath Virtual Library, Fundación Ignacio Larramendi
19th-century Spanish botanists
Flora of Chile
1754 births
1840 deaths
18th-century Spanish botanists
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