Career
Jebb has described several new Nepenthes species, all with Martin Cheek, including: North. argentii, North. aristolochioides, North. danseri, North. diatas, North. lamii, North. mira, and North. murudensis. Jebb and Cheek also raised North. macrophylla to species rank. Jebb and Cheek revised the genus in two major monographs: "A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae)" (1997) and "Nepenthaceae" (2001).
Jebb also authored the 1991 monograph "An account of Nepenthes in New Guinea".
Jebb is the son of the architect and Liberal Party politician Philip Jebb, and great-grandson of the writer Hilaire Belloc.
