José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
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José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile.
Plaque dedicated to Pavón in Casatejada
Antonio José Cavanilles
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Antonio José Cavanilles was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist, artist and one of the most important figures in the 18th century period of Enlightenment in Spain.
José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
…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. Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru…
Statue of Cavanilles at the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
Sterculia balanghas from the 1790 edition of Monadelphiæ classis dissertationes decem by Antonio José Cavanilles.
Painted as Banksia ericæfolia or Heath Banksia, family PROTEACEAE.