An annotated list of new records for Singapore: results from large-scale tree surveys at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.

Abstract

We report new records for Singapore of 16 tree species discovered between 1993 and 2008 during large-scale surveys of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. These species are: Aglaia crassinervia Kurz ex Hiern (Meliaceae), Alphonsea johorensis J.Sinclair (Annonaceae), Dacryodes nervosa (H.J.Lam) Leenh. (Burseraceae), Dehaasia cuneata (Blume) Blume (Lauraceae), Drypetes crassipes Pax & K.Hoffm. (Putranjivaceae), Dysoxylum grande Hiern (Meliaceae), Endiandra maingayi Hook.f. (Lauraceae), Gluta malayana (Corner) Ding Hou (Anacardiaceae), Hopea ferruginea Parijs (Dipterocarpaceae), Lepisanthes fruticosa (Roxb.) Leenh. (Sapindaceae), Mangifera gracilipes Hook.f. (Anacardiaceae), Neoscortechinia philippinensis (Merr.) Welzen (Euphorbiaceae), Palaquium impressionervium Ng (Sapotaceae), Sindora echinocalyx Prain (Fabaceae), Terminalia citrina (Gaertn.) Roxb. (Combretaceae) and Vatica odorata (Griff.) Symington subsp. odorata (Dipterocarpaceae). Voucher specimens have been deposited in SING.