Paul Irwin Forster (born 1961) is an Australian botanist. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Queensland in 2004 with his thesis The pursuit of plants : studies on the systematics, ecology and chemistry of the vascular flora of Australia and related regions.
He has worked at the Queensland Herbarium since 1991 as a plant taxonomist and has been editor of Austrobaileya since 2005. His research interests are the systematics of vascular plants and reproductive and conservation biology of cycads.
He has also published extensively on plant-insect interactions. See, e.g.,
Plants named in his honour
Aristida forsteri B.K.Simon
Boronia forsteri Duretto
Hibiscus forsteri F.D.Wilson
Medicosma forsteri T.G.Hartley
Marsdenia forsteri I.M.Turner
Micromyrtus forsteri A.R.Bean
Parmotrema forsteri Elix & R.W.Rogers
Parsonsia paulforsteri J.B.Williams
Prolixus forsteri J.J.Beard
Psydrax forsteri S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. (from CHAH biography)
Some published names
Aloe bruynsii P.I.Forst. Borya inopinata P.I.Forst. & E.J.Thomps. Zieria vagans Duretto & P.I.Forst. See also :Category:Taxa named by Paul Irwin Forster, and International Plant Name Index: Plant names authored by Paul Irwin Forster