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### Author
Pavon y Jiménez, José Antonio (1754-1844), Spanish botanist; with H. Ruiz in South America 1778-1788.
**Abbreviated name**: *Pav.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pav.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection MA|MA]]; duplicates: [[Collection B|B]] (350 + types saved, extant), [[Collection B|B]]-W, (109 extant), [[Collection BC|BC]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]]. – The important collection at [[Collection FI|FI]] (4994 specimens) was bought by Webb from Pavon; it contains in addition to plants from Peru and Chile collected by Ruiz & Pavon, collections by Moçino & Sessé from Mexico (marked "N.E." New England), Cuba, Puerto Rico; by Tafulla from Quito and Guayaquil, and by Née from the Philippines. See Pichi-Sermolli (1949) and Steinberg (1977). – [[Collection BM|BM]] has Ruiz & Pavon manuscripts, as well as lists of plants sent by Pavon to A.B. Lambert. [[Collection FI|FI]] has a set of 28 plates of species of *Laurus* given by Pavon to Webb. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 4: 865; Backer p. 429; Barnhart 3: 57; Clokie p. 222; Colmeiro 1: cxcii, Bot. Penins. p. 181; CSP 4: 782, 8: 574; DSB 15: 470-471 (b. 22 Apr 1754, d. 1840, bibl.); Henrey 2: 36; Hortus 3: 1201 (Pav.); IH 1 (ed. 6): 362, (ed. 7): 339, 2: (in press); Lasègue p. 579 \[index\]; Lenley p. 466; NI 1: 158, suppl. p. 58, see also nos. 1698-1699; PR 7002, 7894, 7896-7897 (ed. 1: 7830); Rehder 5: 654; TL-1/1123-1125, see p. 523; TL-2/3143, see D. Bouchet, J. Dombey, J.F. Jacquin, A.B. Lambert, M.E. Moricand; Tucker 1: 544; Urban-Berl. p. 381, 415; Zander ed. 10, p. 700, ed. 11, p. 798, 809.
#### Note
for a more detailed list of references to the South American explorations by Ruiz and Pavon, incl. subsequent publications, see under H. Ruiz Lopez.
#### Biofile
- Acosta-Solis, M., Inst. Ecuat. Ci. nat. Contr. 65: 18. 1968.
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 208-209. 1844 (1849).
- Alvarez Lopez, Anal. Inst. bot. Cavanilles 12: 5-112. 1954.
- Barreiro, R.P.A. J., Relaciones del viaje... Hipólito Ruiz, Madrid 1931 (n.v.).
- Bellot, F., Lagascalia 7: 51-53. 1977 (commemor.).
- Bernardi, L., Mus. Genève 174: 8-15. 1977 (portr., brief account exped.).
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.415. 1980.
- Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 439, 445. 1880 (coll.).
- Coats, A.M., The plant hunters 338, 363-367, 373. 1969.
- Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 72. 1934.
- Granel de Solignac, L. & Bertrand, L., Naturalia monsp., bot., 18: 273. 1967 (coll. APU).
- Herrera, F.L., Estudios sobre la flora del Departemento del Cuzco Lima 1930, p. 8.
- Hiepko, P., Private communication to authors 25 Jul 1980.
- Howard, J.E., Examination of Pavon's collection of Peruvian bark, contained in the British Museum, 1853, vi, 47, iv. p.; originally published Pharm. J. Trans. 11: 489-498. 1 Mai, 557-564. 1 Jun 1852, 12: 11-15. 1 Jul, 58-62. 1 Sep, 125-129. 1 Sep, 173-180. 1 Oct, 230-235. 1 Nov 1852, 12: 338-342. 1 Jan 1853.
- Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 51 (part of herbarium at K).
- Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 466. 1864.
- Kühnel, J., Thadd. Haenke 43, 74, 75, 76, 153, 159, 160, 178. 1960.
- Kukkonen I., Herbarium of Christian Steven 78. 1971.
- Lack, H.W., Willdenowia 9: 177-198. 1979 (Ruiz & Pavon specimens extant at B and B-Willd.).
- Lindemann, E.V., Bull. Soc. Imp. Natur. Moscou 61: 53. 1886 (one specimen).
- Moldenke, H.N., Plant life 2: 75. 1946 (1948).
- Munoz Mediña, D.J., Historia del desarrollo de la botanica en España 15-16. 1969.
- Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 173. 1904.
- Papavero, N., Ess. hist. neotrop. dipterol. 1: 35, 111. 1971.
- Pichi-Sermolli, R.E.G., Nuovo Giorn. bot. ital. 56(4): 699-701. 1949 (FI Pavon coll.).
- Reiche, K., Grundz. Pfl.-Verbr. Chile 5-6. 1907 (Veg. Erde 8).
- Ron Alvarez, Ma Eugenia, Aportación al conocimiento de la histografia del botánico da Josá Antonio Pavon y Jiménez. Anales de la Real Academia de Farmacia \[Madrid\] 36(4): 599-631. 1970 (important recent study on Pavon, based on original documentation and providing many new details).
- Ruiz, H., Relación del Viaje... Madrid 1931, ed. 2, Madrid 1952, English version by R. Dahlgren, Field Mus. Bot. 21: 1-372. 1969.
- Stafleu, F.A., *in* C.L. L'Héritier, Sertum angl. facs. ed. 1963, p. xx; *in* Jussieu, A.L., Gen. pl., facs. ed. xlii. 1964; Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 289. 1971.
- Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 285. 1981 (coll.).
- Steele, A.R., Flowers for the king 371-372 \[index\]. 1964 (Important study; many details!).
- Steinberg, C., Webbia 32(1): 8-9. 1977. (coll. FI).
- Turrill, W.B., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1920: 58.
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 3: 99. 1902.
- Weberbauer, A., Pfl.-Welt peruan. Anden 2-4. 1911. (Veg. Erde 12).
- Woodward, B.B., Hist. coll. BM (NH) 1: 45 (mss. at BM).
#### Composite works
See under H. Ruiz Lopez for the various "Ruiz et Pavon" publications.
#### Handwriting
Candollea 32: 383-384. 1977; Lady Smith, Mem. corr. J.E. Smith 1: facsim. 1832; see also Ron Alvarez (1970).
#### Eponymy
*Pavona* Cothenius (1790, *orth. var.* of *Pavonia* Cavanilles); *Pavonia* Cavanilles (1787, *nom. cons.*); *Pavonia* Ruiz (1794); *Pseudopavonia* Hassler (1909).
### Publications
##### n.7539. Disertacion botanica
**Title**
*Disertacion botanica* sobre los generos Tovaria, Actinophyllum, Araucaria y Salmia, con la reunion de algunos que Linneo publicó como distintos, por don Joseph Pavón, professor de historia natural, y socio de varias academias. s.l.n.d. \[Madrid 1791\]. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1797 (in journal), p. \[1\]-14. *Copies*: FI (given by Pavon to R. Desfontaines; later acquired by P.B. Webb), GOET. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. r. Acad. med. Madrid 1: 191-204. 1797 (journal publ. in Natl. Libr. Medicine, U.S.A.).
##### n.7540. Illustrations of the Nueva Quinologia of Pavon
**Title**
*Illustrations of the Nueva Quinologia of Pavon*, with coloured plates by W. Fitch, and observation on the barks described.
**Notes**
*Editor and in part author*: John Eliot Howard (1807-1883).
*Publ*.: 1859-1862, p. \[i-vi\], \[i\]-xvi, *30 pl*.
See also J.E. Howard, Examination of Pavon's collections of Peruvian barks contained in the British Museum, London 1853, vi, 47. iv p. (reprinted from Pharmaceutical Journal, June 1852), and H. Karsten, Flora 43: 600-608. 1860.