Martin Cheek
Martin Roy Cheek (born 1960) is a botanist and taxonomist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120120081853/http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/directory/people/Cheek_Martin.htm Cheek, Martin R.]. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
Research
With Matthew Jebb, Cheek revised the pitcher plant genus Nepenthes in two major monographs: a skeletal revision in 1997Jebb, M.H.P. & M.R. Cheek 1997. A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea 42(1): 1–106. and a more in-depth treatment of the Malesian species for Flora Malesiana in 2001.Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2001. Nepenthaceae. Flora Malesiana 15: 1–157.
In these and other works, Cheek has described a number of species new to science, often in collaboration with Jebb. These include: N. abalata,Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Identification and typification of Nepenthes blancoi, with N. abalata sp. nov. from the western Visayas, Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany 31(2): 151–156. {{doi|10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00012.x}} N. abgracilis,Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. The Nepenthes micramphora (Nepenthaceae) group, with two new species from Mindanao, Philippines. Phytotaxa 151(1): 25–34. {{doi|10.11646/phytotaxa.151.1.2}} N. alzapan,Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes alzapan (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Phytotaxa 100(1): 57–60. {{doi|10.11646/phytotaxa.100.1.6}} N. argentii, N. aristolochioides, N. cid, N. danseri, N. diatas, N. extincta,Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Recircumscription of the Nepenthes alata group (Caryophyllales: Nepenthaceae), in the Philippines, with four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 69: 1–23. {{doi|10.5852/ejt.2013.69}} N. hurrelliana,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. N. kitanglad, N. kurata, N. lamii, N. leyte, N. mira,Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 1998. Two new Philippine Nepenthes. Kew Bulletin 53(4): 966. {{doi|10.2307/4118886}} N. murudensis, N. negros,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 Botany 31(5): 616–622. {{doi|10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00099.x}} N. ramos,Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes ramos (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Mindanao, Philippines. Willdenowia 43(1): 107–111. {{doi|10.3372/wi.43.43112}} N. robcantleyi,Cheek, M. 2011. Nepenthes robcantleyi sp. nov. (Nepenthaceae) from Mindanao, Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany 29(6): 677–681. {{doi|10.1111/j.1756-1051.2011.01449.x}} N. samar,Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes samar (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Samar, Philippines. Blumea 58(1): 82–84. {{doi|10.3767/000651913X673513}} N. thai,Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2009. [http://www.marcellocatalano.com/desc.thai.pdf Nepenthes group Montanae (Nepenthaceae) in Indo-China, with N. thai and N. bokor described as new.] Kew Bulletin 64(2): 319–325. {{doi|10.1007/s12225-009-9117-3}} and N. ultra.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}} Cheek and Jebb also raised N. macrophylla to species rank.
Cheek and his research are featured in the documentary The Mists of Mwanenguba.{{cite web|url=http://oasishd.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:art-themistsofmwanenguba&catid=23:catt&Itemid=3|title=Oasis TV|accessdate=August 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127021332/http://oasishd.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:art-themistsofmwanenguba&catid=23:catt&Itemid=3|archive-date=November 27, 2010|url-status=dead}}
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100723180034/http://www.frenchcx.com/en_films/brumes-en.php The Mists of Mwanenguba]
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