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Daniel Cleveland
Daniel Cleveland (1838-1929), prominent early resident of San Diego and field botanist.
Born	March 21, 1838 Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Died	January 3, 1929(1929-01-03) (aged 90) San Diego, California, United States
Citizenship	United States
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	San Diego Society of Natural History
Author abbrev. (botany)	Clevel.

Daniel Cleveland (1838-1929) was a prominent American resident of early New Town San Diego (now Downtown San Diego) and an amateur field naturalist. He was a founding member of the San Diego Society of Natural History (and later, the San Diego Natural History Museum) and is credited with collecting type specimens of several southern California botanical species.

Salvia clevelandii

References

• “Daniel Cleveland: San Diego Patron | San Diego History Center.” Accessed November 15, 2015. https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/65january/cleveland.htm.
• Davenport, Geo. E. “A Bit of Fern History.” Botanical Gazette VII, no. 5 (May 1882): 60–64.
• Engstrand, Iris, and Anne Bullard. Inspired by Nature: The San Diego Natural History Museum after 125 Years. San Diego, Calif.: San Diego Society of Natural History, 1999.
• “Glimpses into San Diego’s Past by Richard Amero.” Accessed November 15, 2015. http://balboaparkhistory.net/glimpses/index.htm.
• McGrew, Clarence Alan. City of San Diego and San Diego County: The Birthplace of California. Vol. 1. American Historical Society, 1922.
• “Person Details for Daniel Cleveland, ‘California Death Index, 1905-1939’ — FamilySearch.org.” Accessed November 15, 2015. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-DMN7.
• Revolution, Sons of the American, Louis Henry Cornish, and Alonzo Howard Clark. A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Press of A. H. Kellogg, 1902.
• Smythe, William Ellsworth. San Diego and Imperial Counties, California: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. Vol. 1. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
• “Who Was Salvia Clevelandii Named for? Nativer Plant Information Network (NPIN).” Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin, May 12, 2009. https://www.wildflower.org/expert/show.php?id=3864.

Patronyms

• Salvia clevelandii
• Cheilanthes clevelandii
• Chorizanthe clevelandii
• Cryptantha clevelandii
• Dodecatheon clevelandii
• Horkelia clevelandii
• Malacothrix clevelandii
• Mimulus clevelandii
• Muilla clevelandii
• Nicotiana clevelandii
• Penstemon clevelandii
• Clevelandia (now included in Castilleja)

External links

• San Diego History Center biography of Daniel Cleveland.
• The San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library houses documents related to Daniel Cleveland's botanical collection.
• “Willis Linn Jepson Collection of Daniel Cleveland Correspondence, 1876-1898.” University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley

Category:1838 births Category:1929 deaths Category:American botanists