Adolphus Ypey

Adolphus Ypey (4 June 1749 – 27 February 1822), also spelled Adolphus Ypeus or Adolf Ypey, was a Dutch botanist and Doctor of Philosophy and Medicine who graduated at the University of Franeker and stayed on to lecture in botany. He later lectured in Medicine at the University of Leiden.^[1]

Adolphus Ypey
Born	(1749-06-04)4 June 1749 Franeker, Dutch Republic
Died	27 February 1822(1822-02-27) (aged 72) Leiden, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Franeker
Thesis	Dissertatio philosophica inauguralis de igne
Academic advisors	Jan Hendrik van Swinden
Academic work
Institutions	Leiden University

He was the son of professor Nicolaas Ypey. His graduate dissertation was entitled Dissertatio philosophica inauguralis de igne with academic advisor Jan Hendrik van Swinden.^[1]

Ypey is best known for his richly illustrated work of one hundred plates, Vervolg ob de Avbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen, published in 1813 by the Amsterdam printer J. C. Sepp en zoon, and a supplementary work to that of Johannes Zorn.

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Sedum acre

Ziziphus jujuba