Matthew David Barrett (born 1974) is a West Australian botanist. He has published some 70 botanical names.^[1] See also Taxa named by Matthew David Barrett. He worked at Kings Park and Botanic Garden^[2] and is currently (July 2020) employed by the University of Western Australia.^[3]

Some publications

• Phillips, Ryan D.; Barrett, Matthew D.; Dixon, Kingsley W.; Hopper, Stephen D. (2011). "Do mycorrhizal symbioses cause rarity in orchids?". Journal of Ecology. 99 (3): 858–869. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01797.x. ISSN 0022-0477. S2CID 82291866.
• Saarela, Jeffery M.; Burke, Sean V.; Wysocki, William P.; Barrett, Matthew D.; Clark, Lynn G.; Craine, Joseph M.; Peterson, Paul M.; Soreng, Robert J.; Vorontsova, Maria S.; Duvall, Melvin R. (2018). "A 250 plastome phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae): topological support under different data partitions". PeerJ. 6: e4299. doi:10.7717/peerj.4299. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5798404. PMID 29416954.
• Cusimano, Natalie; Barrett, Matthew D.; Hetterscheid, Wilbert L.A.; Renner, Susanne S. (2010). "A phylogeny of the Areae (Araceae) implies that Typhonium, Sauromatum, and the Australian species of Typhonium are distinct clades". Taxon. 59 (2): 439–447. doi:10.1002/tax.592009. ISSN 0040-0262.
• Hay, A., Barrett, M.D., Barrett, R.L. (1999). "A new species of Typhonium (Araceae: Areae) from the West Kimberley, Western Australia". Nuytsia. 13 (1): 143–245.((cite journal)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)