| José Antonio Pavón | |
| Birth Name: | José Antonio Pavón Jiménez |
| Birth Date: | 22 April 1754 |
| Birth Place: | Casatejada, Cáceres, Spain |
| Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Fields: | Botany |
| Author Abbrev Bot: | 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.
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.[1]
The genus Pavonia was named in his honor by his contemporary, Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles[2] - plants with the specific epithet of pavonii also commemorate his name.[3]