José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez

José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez (born April 22, 1754 in Casatejada , Province of Cáceres , † 1844 in Madrid ) was a Spanish natural scientist (geography, physics, chemistry, mineralogy, pharmacy, botany). Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Pav. "; the joint authorship of Ruiz López and Pavón y Jiménez is abbreviated in botanical literature as “ Ruiz & Pav. ”.

Live and act

Pavón participated in the King Carlos III. initiated the first expedition to the viceroyalty of Peru 1777–1788. The French doctor and botanist Joseph Dombey and the painter Isidro Gálvez were also there until 1785 . Together with Hipólito Ruiz Lopez , he traveled to Chile , Peru and other South American countries from 1779 to 1788 . Pavón did not see his scientific endeavors sufficiently appreciated; he was therefore very unhappy. He even had to wait until 1834 for an appointment to the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid. He was 80 years old then!

Honors

The plant genus Pavonia Cav. from the Mallow family (Malvaceae) was named in his honor.

Works

Together with Hipólito Ruiz López he published the following works:

Florae peruvianae et chilensis prodromus ... , 1794
Systema vegetabilium florae peruvianae chilensis , 1798
Flora peruviana, et chilensis, sive descriptiones, et icones ... , 1798-1802

literature

Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pavón y Jiménez, José Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pavón, José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH	Casatejada
DATE OF DEATH	1844
Place of death	Madrid

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .