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[2] of vascular plants and reproductive and conservation biology of cycads.
[10][11][12][13] (from CHAH biography)[3] Forster has published 489 botanic names as of 22 March 2024[update].