Thomas Franklin Daniel (born September 14, 1954) is an American botanist, and teacher. He is a specialist of the botanical family

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...

. In 1975 he obtained his undergraduate from

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

. In 1980, he obtained his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

at the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. In 1981, he was assistant professor. Between 1981 and 1985 he was an assistant curator of the

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...

Herbarium. Since 1986, Daniel belongs to the California Academy of Sciences where he is Curator of Botany, Emeritus. In 1987 he was a conservation assistant. From 1988 to 1991: assistant curator. In 2009, he was president of the Botany Department, a position he also held between 1988 and 1990 and between 1994 and 1996. Since 1998 he has been a research professor at

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...

. He is also a researcher at the

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre (40 ha) zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, natural history museum, publisher, and art gallery founded in 1952. Located just west of Tucson, Arizona, it features two miles (3.2 km) of walking path ...

Selected publications

Books

* * * 1999. '' Flora of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: fasciculo 23. Acanthaceae

Juss. Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today. His classification was based on an e ...

'' Ed.

UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...

. 102 pp.
online
* 1986. '' Systematics of

Tetramerium ''Tetramerium'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is found in the Americas, ranging from the southwestern United States to Bolivia, especially in tropical dry forests. Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck first ...

(Acanthaceae) ''. Volume 12 of Systematic botany monographs. Ed. Am. Soc. Of Plant Taxonomists. 134 pp. * 1983. '' Carlowrightia (

) ''. No. 34 of Neotropical Flora. Ed. New York Botanical Garden. 116 pp. * 1980. '' A systematic study of the

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

Carlowrightia (Acanthaceae) ''. Ed. The University Of Michigan. 393 pp.

Honors

* Member of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 2001 and 2002, President * Member of the Botanical Society of California, Treasurer from 1986 to 1989 * Since 2003, fund manager of the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust * Member of the California Academy of Sciences Academy * Member of the International Plant Taxonomy Association * Since 1994, member of the Project Species Plantarum

Plants named in his honor

* (

) '' Justicia danielii'' DurkeeNovon 9(4): 508 (1999), nom. nov. (IK)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, Thomas Franklin 21st-century American botanists 20th-century American explorers 1954 births Living people University of Michigan alumni