“…The 2012 peak in rediscoveries is mostly due to the publication byChong et al (2012) of rediscoveries based on specimens collected from 2009 to 2012. Peaks in both rediscoveries and new records were observed in 2018, of which about half can be attributed to the publication of collated results from comprehensive field surveys (e.g.,Chong et al, 2018;Ho et al, 2018;Khoo et al, 2018;Lim et al, 2018) and the other half to precursor publications of the Flora of Singapore, mainly resulting from the redetermination of pre-existing specimens (e.g.,Seah & Wong, 2018;Turner, 2018;Wong & Mahyuni, 2018).The 2022 peak in rediscoveries mostly consists of those published inLindsay et al (2022), which were based on even more recent specimens such as those collected for a genome-sequencing project of the native vascular plants of the BTNR(Niissalo & Choo, 2021), and also those made by taxonomic specialists redetermining specimens for the Flora of Singapore project.Determining the site of the first collection of the rediscoveries and new records can suggest where further surveys should be targeted (Figure2d). The same sites were important for the rediscoveries and new records: the highest number of collections were from the lowland primary rain forest fragment of the BTNR (44 rediscoveries, 22 new records), followed by the last substantial area of freshwater swamp forest remaining in Singapore, the Nee Soon Swamp Forest (NSSF; 43 rediscoveries, 17 new records), and the rest of the CCNR (excluding the NSSF) that comprises a mixture of primary and nativeF I G U R E 2 Summary statistics of plant rediscoveries and new native records for Singapore in the last 14 years.…”