Paul Irwin Forster

Paul Irwin Forster (born 1961) obtained his doctorate 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, from the University of Queensland.

Paul Irwin Forster
Born (1961-11-03) 3 November 1961
Christchurch
EducationB.Sc. (Hon) UQ 1983, M.Sc. UQ 1990, D.Sc. UQ 2004
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, 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]

Plants named in his honour

(from CHAH biography)[3]

Some published names

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. International Plant Name Index: P.I.Forst. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  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 Kipp; Eva E Stueeken; 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, 1.47MB)" (PDF). Austrobaileya. 10 (1): 74–84. ISSN 0155-4131. Wikidata Q92315118. no-break space character in |title= at position 14 (help)
  6. P I Forster (October 1989). "New host records (family Asclepiadaceae) for 'Euploea core corinna' (W.S. Macleay) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Queensland". Australian Entomologist. 16 (3): 79. ISSN 1320-6133. 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 Entomologist. 17 (2): 43. ISSN 1320-6133. 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 Entomologist. 17 (4): 131. ISSN 1320-6133. Wikidata Q100150298.
  10. IPNI.  P.I.Forst.
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