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.
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![A white plaque reading: "A la memoria del insigne hijo de Casatejada, D. José A Pavón y Jimenez. Farmacéutico, botánico, explorador de la flora del Perú, 1754-1940 [sic]. El ayuntamiento en el bicentenario de su nacimiento. MCMLIV." In English: "In memory of the distinguished son of Castejada, D. José A Pavón y Jimenez. Pharmacist, botanist, explorer of flora in Peru, 1754-1940 [sic]. City Hall on the bicentennial of his birth. 1954." This incorrectly lists his death year as 1940 instead of 1840.](/wiki/File:Placa_homenaje_a_Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Pav%C3%B3n_(Casatejada,_C%C3%A1ceres).jpg) Plaque dedicated to Pavón in Casatejada | |
| Born | José Antonio Pavón Jiménez April 22, 1754 |
| Died | 1840 (aged 85–86) Madrid, Spain |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Pav. |
Biography
editDuring 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.[2]
The genus Pavonia was named in his honor by his contemporary, Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles[3] — plants with the specific epithet of pavonii also commemorate his name.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ International Plant Names Index. Pav.
- ^ 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
Further reading
edit- "Pavón y Jiménez, José Antonio (1754-1844) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- Garmendia, Felix Muñoz. "José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez-Villanueva". Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez.
- (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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