Martin Cheek

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Martin Roy Cheek (born 1960) is a botanist and taxonomist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [1]

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Cheek attended the University of Reading, graduating with a B.Sc. in 1981 and a M.Sc. in 1983. He earned his DPhil at the University of Oxford in 1989. [1]

Research

With Matthew Jebb, Cheek revised the pitcher plant genus Nepenthes in two major monographs: a skeletal revision in 1997 [2] and a more in-depth treatment of the Malesian species for Flora Malesiana in 2001. [3]

In these and other works, Cheek has described a number of species new to science, often in collaboration with Jebb. These include: N. abalata , [4] N. abgracilis , [5] N. alzapan , [6] N. argentii , [2] N. aristolochioides , [2] N. cid , [5] N. danseri , [2] N. diatas , [2] N. extincta , [7] N. hurrelliana , [8] N. kitanglad , [7] N. kurata , [7] N. lamii , [2] N. leyte , [7] N. mira , [9] N. murudensis , [2] N. negros , [10] N. ramos , [11] N. robcantleyi , [12] N. samar , [13] N. thai , [14] and N. ultra . [15] Cheek and Jebb also raised N. macrophylla to species rank. [2]

Cheek and his research are featured in the documentary The Mists of Mwanenguba. [16]

The standard author abbreviation Cheek is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [17]

References

  1. 1 2 Cheek, Martin R.. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jebb, M.H.P. & M.R. Cheek 1997. A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea42(1): 1–106.
  3. ↑ Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2001. Nepenthaceae. Flora Malesiana15: 1–157.
  4. ↑ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Identification and typification of Nepenthes blancoi, with N. abalata sp. nov. from the western Visayas, Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany31(2): 151–156. doi : 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00012.x
  5. 1 2 Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. The Nepenthes micramphora (Nepenthaceae) group, with two new species from Mindanao, Philippines. Phytotaxa151(1): 25–34. doi : 10.11646/phytotaxa.151.1.2
  6. ↑ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes alzapan (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Phytotaxa100(1): 57–60. doi : 10.11646/phytotaxa.100.1.6
  7. 1 2 3 4 Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Recircumscription of the Nepenthes alata group (Caryophyllales: Nepenthaceae), in the Philippines, with four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy69: 1–23. doi : 10.5852/ejt.2013.69
  8. ↑ 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 Journal6: 117–124.
  9. ↑ Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 1998. Two new Philippine Nepenthes. Kew Bulletin53(4): 966. doi : 10.2307/4118886
  10. ↑ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Typification and redelimitation of Nepenthes alata with notes on the N. alata group, and N. negros sp. nov. from the Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany31(5): 616–622. doi : 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00099.x
  11. ↑ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes ramos (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Mindanao, Philippines. Willdenowia43(1): 107–111. doi : 10.3372/wi.43.43112
  12. ↑ Cheek, M. 2011. Nepenthes robcantleyi sp. nov. (Nepenthaceae) from Mindanao, Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany29(6): 677–681. doi : 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2011.01449.x
  13. ↑ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes samar (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Samar, Philippines. Blumea58(1): 82–84. doi : 10.3767/000651913X673513
  14. ↑ Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2009. Nepenthes group Montanae (Nepenthaceae) in Indo-China, with N. thai and N. bokor described as new. Kew Bulletin64(2): 319–325. doi : 10.1007/s12225-009-9117-3
  15. ↑ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes ultra (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Blumea, published online on October 24, 2013. doi : 10.3767/000651913X675124
  16. ↑ "Oasis TV". Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  17. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Cheek.
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