Paul Irwin Forster

New zealand-born australian botanist (b. 1961).

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.,) and on the

Abbreviations: P.I.Forst.
Occupations: botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: New Zealand, Australia
Dates: 1961-11-03T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Christchurch
Direct attributions: 332 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 353 plants, 0 fungi

332 plants attributed, 21 plants contributed to353 plants:

Aloe bruynsii P.I.Forst. 2003
endangered plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe bruynsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Aleurites rockinghamensis (Candlenut) (Baill.) P.I.Forst. 1996
plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Aleurites rockinghamensis, the candlenut, is a flowering tree in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae found in northeastern Australia. It was first formally described and named by French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon as a variety of Aleurites moluccanus, as Aleurites moluccanus var. rockinghamensis in 1866. The Australian botanist Paul Irwin Forster promoted it to distinct species status in 1996. The type specimen was collected in Rockingham Bay, Queensland. It occurs in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Macrozamia occidua (Cycad) D.L.Jones & P.I.Forst. 1994
vulnerable plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia occidua is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Macrozamia cardiacensis (Cycad) P.I.Forst. & D.L.Jones 1998
vulnerable plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia cardiacensis is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Australia.
Cycas desolata P.I.Forst. 1995
plant species in the cycadaceae family
Cycas desolata is a species of cycad, native only to Queensland. The stem typically grows to about 4 meters (13.1 ft) tall, though it can grow as tall as 8 m (26.2 ft).
Macrozamia viridis (Cycad) D.L.Jones & P.I.Forst. 1994
endangered plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia viridis is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Australia
Macrozamia serpentina D.L.Jones & P.I.Forst. 2001
plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia serpentina is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Macrozamia parcifolia (Cycad) P.I.Forst. & D.L.Jones 1994
endangered plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia parcifolia is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Australia.
Macrozamia longispina P.I.Forst. & D.L.Jones 1998
plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia longispina is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Australia.
Macrozamia crassifolia (Cycad) P.I.Forst. & D.L.Jones 1994
vulnerable plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia crassifolia is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Australia.
Macrozamia cranei (Cycad) D.L.Jones & P.I.Forst. 1994
endangered plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia cranei is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Macrozamia conferta (Cycad) D.L.Jones & P.I.Forst. 1994
vulnerable plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia conferta is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia. This species grows in eucalypt woodland habitat. There are six or seven known subpopulations. The species may be threatened by poaching.
Ixora oreogena (Ixora Bush) S.T.Reynolds & P.I.Forst. 2006
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Ixora oreogena, commonly known as ixora bush, is a plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub or small tree from 4 to 18 m in height. The leaves are glabrous and usually about 9.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, with a petiole about 5–10 mm long. The flowers have long slender corolla tubes and 4 petals. The fruits are black, glabrous, sub-globose, and measure up to 18 mm long by 22 mm wide.
Euphorbia brassii P.I.Forst. 1994
vulnerable plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
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Cycas cupida P.I.Forst. 2001
plant species in the cycadaceae family
Cycas cupida is a species of cycad native to Queensland.
Acalypha lyonsii P.I.Forst. 1994
plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Acalypha lyonsii, commonly known as Lyons' acalypha, is a rare species of plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae found only in the vicinity of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Sankowskya stipularis P.I.Forst. 1995
plant species in the picrodendraceae family
Sankowskya is a genus of plants endemic to Queensland, Australia. The genus contains only one species, Sankowskya stipularis, which was first described in 1995 and has been given the conservation status of 'endangered'.
Peperomia hunteriana P.I.Forst. 1999
plant species in the piperaceae family
Peperomia hunteriana is a plant in the pepper family Piperaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.
Omphalea celata P.I.Forst. 1995
plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Omphalea celata is a rare plant species found in Queensland, Australia.
Citrus wakonai (Goodenough Lime) P.I.Forst. & M.W.Sm. 2010
plant species in the rutaceae family
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Alyxia grandis P.I.Forst. 1992
plant species in the apocynaceae family
Alyxia grandis is a species of plant in the oleander and frangipani family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.
Acacia porcata P.I.Forst. 1990
plant species in the fabaceae family
Acacia porcata is a species of wattle found only in one location in Central Queensland. It is an endangered species.
Acacia eremophiloides Pedley & P.I.Forst. 1986
plant species in the fabaceae family
Acacia eremophiloides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of Queensland, Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with slender branchlets, linear phyllodes, heads of golden yellow flowers, and linear, cinnamon brown pods.
Wetria australiensis P.I.Forst. 1994
endangered plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Wetria australiensis is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Papua New Guinea and the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a small tree to about 15 m (49 ft) tall, first described in 1994 by New Zealand-born botanist Paul Irwin Forster.
Hydnophytum ferrugineum P.I.Forst. 2001
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Hydnophytum ferrugineum is a epiphyte species of myrmecophytes native to the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It forms a mutualistic relationship with ants on tree branches in the tropics. It is distinctive due to the presence of rust-colored hairs covering the bracts near the inflorescences. H. ferrugineum was first described by Paul Irwin Forster in 2001, given its specific epithet ferrugineum due to the rust-colored hairs located on the bracts.
Hoya onychoides P.I.Forst., Liddle & I.M.Liddle 1995
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Heterostemma samoense (A.Gray) P.I.Forst. 1992
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Euphorbia indistincta P.I.Forst. 1994
endangered plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
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Euphorbia heyligersiana P.I.Forst. 1994
plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
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Eucryphia jinksii (Springbrook Leatherwood) P.I.Forst. 1997
plant species in the cunoniaceae family
Eucryphia jinksii, the Springbrook leatherwood, is a species of rare rainforest trees found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, of the plant family Cunoniaceae. They grow naturally to 30m tall yet were discovered as a new species only in 1994 by David Jinks. Eucryphia jinksii’s endemic, very restricted and threatened distribution has obtained the conservation status of "endangered", officially listed in the regulation current as of 27 September 2013, of the Queensland government legislation, the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
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