Pavón, José, 1754-1840

"Jose Antonio Pavon y Jimenez (o Jose Antonio Pavon) (Casatejada, Caceres, 22 de abril 1754-Madrid, 1844) fue un botanico espanol, muy conocido por sus estudios de las floras de Peru y de Chile durante la expedicion Botanica al Virreinato del Peru bajo Carlos III de Espana de 1777 a 1788."

"Jose Antonio Pavon Jimenez or Jose Antonio Pavon (April 22, 1754, Casatejada, Caceres, Spain - 1840, 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; Pavon and Hipolito Ruiz Lopez were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile from 1777 to 1788. The standard author abbreviation Ruiz & Pav. is used to indicate Pavon and his colleague Ruiz as joint authors when citing a botanical name. The genus Pavonia was named in his honor by Antonio Jose Cavanilles - plants with the specific epithet of pavonii also commemorate his name."