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In the 2022 Singapore flora checklist, the name Lepidagathis cephalotes was listed. However, the Plants of the World Online website had indicated Lepidagathis cephalotes as a synonym of Lepidagathis incurva var. incurva. This was a naturalised weed officially reported in 2022 [1] while my first encounter of this weed was in 2010 in the Singapore Zoo.

Reference:

Middleton DJ, Atkins S, Beentje HJ, Chen LMJ, Choo LM, de Kok RPJ, de Wilde WJJO, Duyfjes BEE, Ho BC, Lindsay S, Lua HK. Additions to the Flora of Singapore: New and overlooked records of casual and naturalised plant species (6). Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 2022;74(1):57-70. | Read article |