Daniel Cady Eaton

American botanist (1834-1895).

Daniel Cady Eaton (September 12, 1834 – June 29, 1895) was an American botanist and author. After studies at the Rensselaer Institute in Troy and Russell's military school in New Haven, he gained his bachelor's degree at Yale College, then went on to Harvard University, where he studied with Asa Gray. He then went to Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School in 1864, where he was a botany professor and herbarium curator. With William Gilson Farlow and Charles Lewis Anderson he issued the exsiccata series Algae exsiccatae Americae Borealis (1877-1889). Eaton is the grandson of Amos Eaton.

Abbreviations: D.C.Eaton
Occupations: scientific collector, pteridologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Languages: English
Dates: 1834-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Fort Gratiot
Direct attributions: 32 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 91 plants, 0 fungi

32 plants attributed, 59 plants contributed to91 plants:

Glyptopleura D.C.Eaton 1871
plant genus in the asteraceae family
Glyptopleura is a genus of North American plants in the family Asteraceae. The common names for this plant include carveseed, holy dandelion or holly dandelion, keysia or keyesia, and crustleaf. This plant grows low to the ground from a flat basal rosette of distinctive lobed green leaves outlined in eye-catching hard white borders. The flesh is rich in milky sap. The flowers are ligulate, bearing long ray florets with toothed ends, which may be white, cream, or pale yellow. Species Glyptopleura marginata D.C.Eaton - California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho Glyptopleura setulosa A.Gray -
Polypodium glycyrrhiza (Licorice Fern) D.C.Eaton 1856
plant species in the polypodiaceae family
Polypodium glycyrrhiza, commonly known as licorice fern, many-footed fern, and sweet root, is a summer deciduous fern native to northwestern North America, where it is found in shaded, damp locations. Spores are located in rounded sori on the undersides of the fronds, and are released in cool weather and high humidity.
Woodsia scopulina (Rocky Mountain Woodsia) D.C.Eaton 1865
plant species in the woodsiaceae family
Physematium scopulinum, also called Woodsia scopulina, is a deciduous perennial fern in the family Woodsiaceae, with the common name Rocky Mountain woodsia. This plant is native to the western and northern United States and Canada. W. scopulina is a small to medium sized fern, 10-30 centimeters high, which grows in mesic to dry rock crevices.
Pellaea breweri (Brewer's Cliffbrake) D.C.Eaton 1865
plant species in the pteridaceae family
Pellaea breweri is a species of fern known by the common name Brewer's cliffbrake. It is native to much of the Western United States. It grows in rocky habitat such as cliffs and mountain slopes.
Asplenium bradleyi (Bradley's Spleenwort) D.C.Eaton 1873
plant species in the aspleniaceae family
Asplenium bradleyi, commonly known as Bradley's spleenwort or cliff spleenwort, is a rare epipetric fern of east-central North America. Named after Professor Frank Howe Bradley, who first collected it in Tennessee, it may be found infrequently throughout much of the Appalachian Mountains, the Ozarks, and the Ouachita Mountains, growing in small crevices on exposed sandstone cliffs. The species originated as a hybrid between mountain spleenwort (Asplenium montanum) and ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron); A. bradleyi originated when that sterile diploid hybrid underwent chromosome
Artemisia spinescens (Bud Sagebrush) D.C.Eaton 1871
plant species in the asteraceae family
Artemisia spinescens is a North American species of sagebrush in the sunflower family, known by the common name budsage. Many sources treat the species separately from genus Artemisia and named Picrothamnus desertorum. This separation has not, however, been supported by genetic analysis.
Adiantum monochlamys D.C.Eaton 1858
medicinal plant species in the pteridaceae family
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Woodsia polystichoides D.C.Eaton 1858
perennial and medicinal plant species in the woodsiaceae family
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Woodsia oregana (Oregon Cliff-fern) D.C.Eaton 1865
plant species in the woodsiaceae family
Physematium oreganum, the Oregon cliff fern, is a deciduous perennial fern in the family Woodsiaceae. This plant is native to a large part of the western and northern United States and much of Canada.
Pellaea mucronata (Bird's Foot Cliffbrake) D.C.Eaton 1859
plant species in the pteridaceae family
Pellaea mucronata is a species of fern known by the common name bird's foot cliffbrake. It is native to much of California, and parts of Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California, where it grows in various types of rocky habitat. The subspecies californica is limited to California, while ssp. mucronata can be found outside that state's borders. Each leaf is 7 to 45 centimeters long and is borne on a thin petiole. It is composed of a thin, straight, brown rachis lined with widely spaced leaflets. The leaflets are divided into small narrow terminal segments, or these may be subdivided into
Notholaena californica (California Cloak Fern) D.C.Eaton 1883
plant species in the pteridaceae family
Notholaena californica is a species of fern known by the common name California cloak fern. It is native to southern California and Arizona in the United States, and in adjacent north-western Mexico, where it grows in dry and rocky conditions, often in desert and chaparral habitats.
Erigeron ursinus (Bear River Fleabane) D.C.Eaton 1871
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
Erigeron ursinus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Bear River fleabane. It is native to the western United States, from Montana and Idaho south as far as Arizona and New Mexico. Erigeron ursinus grows in sunny locations in sagebrush and in open coniferous woodlands. It is a small perennial herb rarely more than 8 centimeters (3.2 inches) tall, producing rhizomes and a branching underground caudex. The inflorescence is made up of only one flower heads per stem. Each head contains 14–30 white, pink, or purple ray florets surrounding
Arnica longifolia (Spearleaf Arnica) D.C.Eaton 1871
plant species in the asteraceae family
Arnica longifolia is a North American species of arnica in the sunflower family, known by the common names seep-spring arnica, longleaf arnica and spearleaf arnica. This flowering perennial is native to the forests of western Canada (British Columbia + Alberta) and the western United States (Rocky Mountains, Cascades, Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada and other mountains of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana).
Townsendia scapigera (Tufted Townsend Daisy) D.C.Eaton 1871
plant species in the asteraceae family
Townsendia scapigera is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name tufted Townsend daisy. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in mountains, sagebrush, and other habitat. It is a small perennial herb taking a clumped form just a few centimeters tall, its herbage growing on a caudex and taproot unit. The leaves are up to 5 centimeters long and coated in rough hairs. The inflorescence bears flower heads on erect peduncles, each head measuring 1 to 3 centimeters wide with hairy phyllaries. Each head contains many yellow disc florets and
Selaginella oregana (Oregon Spikemoss) D.C.Eaton 1880
plant species in the selaginellaceae family
Selaginella oregana is a species of spikemoss known by the common name Oregon spikemoss. It is native to the Pacific Coast of western North America, where it can be found from British Columbia to northern California. It grows in mossy, shady coastal forests. It is often epiphytic, growing attached to tree branches, its stems hanging in sheets of green, mosslike streamers. Trees commonly occupied by the spikemoss include bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa), and red alder (Alnus rubra). It also grows on the ground and on rocks in carpetlike mats. This
Selaginella mutica (Bluntleaf Spikemoss) D.C.Eaton 1898
plant species in the selaginellaceae family
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Pteris ciliaris D.C.Eaton 1860
plant species in the pteridaceae family
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Notholaena lemmonii (Lemmon's Cloak Fern) D.C.Eaton 1880
plant species in the pteridaceae family
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Notholaena aurantiaca D.C.Eaton 1887
plant species in the pteridaceae family
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Glyptopleura marginata (Carveseed) D.C.Eaton 1871
annual plant species in the asteraceae family
Glyptopleura marginata is a species of North American plants in the family Asteraceae. The common names for this plant include carveseed, keysia, and crustleaf. The species is native to the Western United States, primarily the Great Basin region in California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, and Idaho.
Chaenactis macrantha (Mojave Pincushion) D.C.Eaton 1871
plant species in the asteraceae family
Chaenactis macrantha is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names bighead dustymaiden and Mojave pincushion. It is native to the Great Basin and the southwestern deserts of the United States, in California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, southwestern Idaho, and southeastern Oregon. It grows in dry, open habitat with gravelly, sandy soils, often calcareous or alkaline in nature. Chaenactis macrantha is an annual herb growing one or more branching stems to 30 - 35 centimeters (12-14 inches) in maximum height. The leaves are a few centimeters long and divided into many
Lomariopsis fendleri D.C.Eaton 1860
plant species in the lomariopsidaceae family
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Asplenium blepharodes D.C.Eaton 1890
plant species in the aspleniaceae family
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Adiantum sericeum D.C.Eaton 1869
plant species in the pteridaceae family
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Woodsia alpina var. glabella (R.Br.) D.C.Eaton 1865
plant variety in the woodsiaceae family
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Trichomanes latemarginale D.C.Eaton 1858
plant species in the hymenophyllaceae family
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Tellima pentandra Canby ex D.C.Eaton 1890
plant species in the saxifragaceae family
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Senecio canus var. eradiatus D.C.Eaton 1918
plant variety in the asteraceae family
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Pellaea andromedifolia var. pubescens D.C.Eaton 1878
plant variety in the pteridaceae family
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Malacothrix californica var. glabrata A.Gray ex D.C.Eaton 1871
plant variety in the asteraceae family
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