Alexander Zippelius (1797, Würzburg – 31 December 1828, Kupang) was a Dutch horticulturalist and botanical collector in the East Indies.
From 1823 he worked as an assistant curator in the botanical gardens at Buitenzorg, and in 1827 he joined the Natuurkundige Commissie (Commission for Natural Sciences).Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1 Cyclopaedia of collectors & Cyclopaedia of collectors, Addenda & Corrigenda He collected plants in the Moluccas, southwestern New Guinea and Timor. He died on Timor in 1828.Archive.org Full text of "Flora Malesiana"JSTOR Global Plants Alexander Zippelius
The botanical genus Zippelia (family Piperaceae) was named in his honor by Carl Ludwig Blume.Etymologiebank.nl Zippelia Also, he is associated with plants having the specific names of zippeliana,Taiwania, 55(1): 72-77, 2010 Ceriops zippeliana Blume (Rhizophoraceae), a New Record of a Mangrove Species in Singapore zippelii,JSTOR Edit History: Isotype of Glycosmis zippelii B. C. Stone (family RUTACEAE) and zippelianum.Revision of the Natural Order Hederaceæ by Berthold Carl SEEMANN
References
External links IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Zippelius.