Martin Cheek

Martin Cheek

Dr. Martin Roy Cheek (born 1960) is a taxonomist and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes.

Research

Cheek has described several new Nepenthes species, mostly with Matthew Jebb, including: N. argentii,[1] N. aristolochioides,[1] N. danseri,[1] N. diatas,[1] N. hurrelliana,[2] N. lamii,[1] N. mira,[3] N. murudensis,[1] and N. thai.[4] Cheek and Jebb also raised N. macrophylla to species rank.[1] Cheek and Jebb revised the genus in two major monographs: "A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae)" (1997)[1] and "Nepenthaceae" (2001).[5]

Cheek and his research are featured in the documentary The Mists of Mwanenguba.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Jebb, M.H.P. & M.R. Cheek 1997. A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea 42(1): 1–106.
  2. ^ Cheek, M., M. Jebb, C.C. Lee, A. Lamb & A. Phillipps. 2003. Nepenthes hurrelliana (Nepenthaceae), a new species of pitcher plant from Borneo. Sabah Parks Nature Journal 6: 117–124.
  3. ^ Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 1998. Two New Philippine Nepenthes. Kew Bulletin 53(4): 966. doi:10.2307/4118886
  4. ^ Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2009. Nepenthes group Montanae (Nepenthaceae) in Indo-China, with N. thai and N. bokor described as new.PDF Kew Bulletin 64(2): 319–325. doi:10.1007/s12225-009-9117-3
  5. ^ Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2001. Nepenthaceae. Flora Malesiana 15: 1–157.
  6. ^ "Oasis TV". retrieved August 8, 2010. http://oasishd.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:art-themistsofmwanenguba&catid=23:catt&Itemid=3. 

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