José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
José Antonio Pavón | |
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Born | José Antonio Pavón Jiménez April 22, 1754 |
Died | 1840 (aged 85–86) Madrid, Spain |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Pav. |
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.[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
References
- ^ 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
- "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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