Alexander Zippelius

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Alexander Zippelius (1797,

horticulturalist and botanical collector in the East Indies
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From 1823 he worked as an assistant

Moluccas, southwestern New Guinea and Timor. He died on Timor in 1828.[2][3]

The botanical genus Zippelia (family Piperaceae) was named in his honor by Carl Ludwig Blume.[2][4] Also, he is associated with plants having the specific names of zippeliana,[5] zippelii,[6] and zippelianum.[7]

References

  1. ^ Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1 Archived 2014-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Cyclopaedia of collectors & Cyclopaedia of collectors, Addenda & Corrigenda
  2. ^ a b Archive.org Full text of "Flora Malesiana"
  3. ^ JSTOR Global Plants Alexander Zippelius
  4. ^ Etymologiebank.nl Zippelia
  5. ^ Taiwania, 55(1): 72-77, 2010 Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine Ceriops zippeliana Blume (Rhizophoraceae), a New Record of a Mangrove Species in Singapore
  6. ^ JSTOR Edit History: Isotype of Glycosmis zippelii B. C. Stone (family RUTACEAE)
  7. ^ Revision of the Natural Order Hederaceæ by Berthold Carl SEEMANN
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Zipp.

External links

  • IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Zippelius.