Paul Irwin Forster

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.

Paul Irwin Forster
Born	Paul Irwin Forster (1961-11-03) 3 November 1961 (age 63) Christchurch
Education	B.Sc. (Hon) UQ 1983, M.Sc. UQ 1990, D.Sc. UQ 2004
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, Spermatophytes[1]
Author abbrev. (botany)	P.I.Forst.

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^[2] of vascular plants and reproductive and conservation biology of cycads.^[3][4][5]

He has also published extensively on plant-insect interactions ( See, e.g.,^[6][7][8][9]) and on the family Apocynaceae.^{[10][11][12][13]}

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)^[3]

Published names

Forster has published 489 botanic names as of 22 March 2024^[update].^[1] A selection of them appears below.

• Acacia eremophiloides Pedley & P.I.Forst.
• Aloe bruynsii P.I.Forst.
• Borya inopinata P.I.Forst. & E.J.Thomps.
• Coleus dumicola (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst.
• Croton multicaulis P.I.Forst.
• Euphorbia brassii P.I.Forst.
• Leichhardtia papillosa (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst.
• Macrozamia conferta D.L.Jones & P.I.Forst.
• Marsdenia muelleri (Benth.) P.I.Forst.
• Plectranthus arenicola P.I.Forst.
• Phebalium distans P.I.Forst.
• Tylophora brassii P.I.Forst.
• Zieria vagans Duretto & P.I.Forst.

For a full list of all names authored by Forster, see his profile at the International Plant Names Index. See also this list of Wikipedia articles of taxa named by him.

Some publications

• (1989) Ecophysiological, morphological and anatomical variation between selected provenances of Eucalyptus grandis and E. saligna (Myrtaceae)
• (1990) Proposal to Conserve Marsdenia R. Br. against Stephanotis Thouars (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 39 ( 2): 364-367
• (1991) A taxonomic revision of Cynanchum L. (Asclepiadaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in Australia. Australian systematic botany 3
• (1991) A taxonomic revision of Gymnanthera R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae: Periplocoideae) in Australia. Australian systematic botany 4
• (1992) A taxonomic revision of Alstonia (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian systematic botany 5
• 1992b. New Varietal Combinations in Agave Vivipara (Agavaceae). Brittonia 44 ( 1): 74-75
• (1993) Rediscovery of Euphorbia carissoides (Euphorbiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 6 (3): 269-272
• (1993) Taxonomic Relationships and Status of the Genus Dorystephania (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae) from the Philippines and Borneo. Australian Systematic Botany 6 ( 4): 351-357
• (1994) Type collections of Asclepiadaceae at Herbarium Bogoriense (BO). Australian Systematic Botany 7 (5 ): 507-519
• (1995) New names and combinations in Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae) from Asia and Malesia (excluding Papusia). Australian Systematic Botany 8 ( 5): 691-701
• (1995) Corrigenda — Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Australian Systematic Botany 8 (5 ): 703-933
• (1995) Circumscription ofMarsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Australian Systematic Botany 8 ( 5): 703-933
• ----, PC van Welzen. 1999. The Malesian species of Choriceras, Fontainea, and Petalostigma (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea, J.Plant Taxonomy & Geography 44-1
• Terry, I., CJ Moore, GH Walter, PI Forster, RB Roemer, J Donaldson, P Machin. (2004) Association of cone thermogenesis and volatiles with pollinator specificity in Macrozamia cycads. Plant Systematics and Evolution 243: 233-247
• Chemnick, J, R Oberprieler, J Donaldson, I Terry, R Osborne, W Tang, PI Forster. (2004) Insect pollinators of cycads: protocol for collecting and studying cycad pollinators. The Cycad Newsletter 27 (5): 3-7
• Terry, I, G Walter, C Moore, PI Forster, P Machin, J Donaldson. (2004) Cone volatiles of selected Macrozamia species and their possible role in pollinator specificity and species isolation. pp. 155–169. En Ed. A. Lindstrom (ed.). Proc. from the 61º International Cycad Conference on Cycad Biology, Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden, Tailandia. 155-169
• Rasikari, HL, Leach, DN, Waterman, PG, Spooner-Hart, RN, Basta, AH, Banbury, LK & Forster, PI. (2005) Acaricidal and cytotoxic activities of extracts from selected genera of Australian Lamiaceae. J. of Economic Entomology 98 ( 4): 1259-1266
• Rasikari, HL, Leach, DN, Waterman, PG, Spooner-Hart, RN, Basta, AH, Banbury, LK, Winter, KM & Forster, PI. (2005) Cytotoxic clerodane diterpenes from Glossocarya calcicola. Phytochemistry 66 ( 24): 2844-2850
• Terry, I, G Walter, C Moore, PI Forster, J Donaldson. (2005) Pollination of Australian Macrozamia cycads - effectiveness and behavior of specialist vectors in a dependent mutualism. Am. J. of Botany
• Wanntorp, L; PI Forster. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships between Hoya and the monotypic genera Madangia, Absolsmia, and Micholitzia (Apocynaceae, Marsdenieae): Insights from flower morphology. Missouri Botanical Garden
• Terry, I, PI Forster, R Roemer, P Machin, C Moore. (2008). Does Macrozamia platyrhachis (Zamiaceae) deserve endangered species status? Conservation and pollination biology of a geographically restricted cycad. Australian J. of Botany

References

1. "Forster, Paul Irwin (1961-)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
2. Benjamin W. van Ee; Paul I. Forster; Paul E. Berry (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships and a new sectional classification of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia". Australian Systematic Botany. 28 (4): 219–233. doi:10.1071/SB15016. ISSN 1030-1887. Wikidata Q22712153.
3. CHAH Biographical notes: Paul Irwin Forster. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
4. Michael A. Kipp; Eva E. Stüeken; Michelle M Gehringer; Kim Sterelny; John K Scott; Paul I Forster; Caroline A E Strömberg; Roger Buick (26 November 2019). "Exploring cycad foliage as an archive of the isotopic composition of atmospheric nitrogen". Geobiology. 18 (2): 152–166. doi:10.1111/GBI.12374. ISSN 1472-4677. PMID 31769156. Wikidata Q91458189.
5. P I Forster; B Gray (2017). "Cycas distans P.I.Forst. & B.Gray (Cycadaceae), a new species from southern Cape York Peninsula, Queensland" (PDF). Austrobaileya. 10 (1): 74–84. ISSN 0155-4131. Wikidata Q92315118. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2021.
6. P I Forster (October 1989). "New host records (family Asclepiadaceae) for 'Euploea core corinna' (W.S. Macleay) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Queensland". Australian Entomological Magazine. 16 (3): 79–80. ISSN 0311-1881. Wikidata Q100150249.
7. P I Forster (1989). "Pollination of Marsdenia fraseri (Asclepiadaceae) by Metriorrhynchus lateralis (Coleoptera: Lycidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 43 (4): 311–312. ISSN 0010-065X. JSTOR 4008751. Wikidata Q94268276.
8. P I Forster (June 1990). "'Hoya australis' subsp. 'sanae' (Bailey) K. Hill (Asclepiadaceae) as a host plant for 'Margaronia microta' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Pyralipae)". Australian Entomological Magazine. 17 (2): 43–44. ISSN 0311-1881. Wikidata Q100150279.
9. Paul I Forster; Geoff Martin (December 1990). "Host records (family Asclepiadaceae) and distribution of 'Tirumala hamata hamata' (W.S. Macleay) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Australia". Australian Entomological Magazine. 17 (4): 131–132. ISSN 0311-1881. Wikidata Q100150298.
10. Sigrid Liede-Schumann; Sebastian J. Reuss; Ulrich Meve; Gildas Gâteblé; Tatyana Livshultz; Paul I. Forster; Livia Wanntorp; Michele Rodda (31 March 2022). "Phylogeny of Marsdenieae (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) based on chloroplast and nuclear loci, with a conspectus of the genera". Taxon. doi:10.1002/TAX.12713. ISSN 0040-0262. Wikidata Q111741553.
11. Paul I. Forster (2021). "Gymnema R.Br. and Leichhardtia R.Br. (Apocynaceae), reinstated genera for taxa previously included in Marsdenia R.Br.: a conspectus for Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Austrobaileya. 11: 1–18. ISSN 0155-4131. Wikidata Q121247600. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2021.
12. Paul I Forster (1997). "Marsdenia jensenii (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), a new species from north-eastern Queensland". Austrobaileya. 5: 59–61. ISSN 0155-4131. JSTOR 41729918. Wikidata Q92300499.
13. Pi Forster (1995). "New names and combinations in Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae) from Asia and Malesia (excluding Papusia)". Australian Systematic Botany. 8 (5): 691–701. doi:10.1071/SB9950691. ISSN 1030-1887. Wikidata Q55756314.
14. International Plant Names Index.  P.I.Forst.

External links

• Data related to Paul Irwin Forster at Wikispecies