Correction of collecting number errors in the protologues of sixty-four taxon names from China
Author
Lin, Yun
Hunan Medication Vestibule School, Changsha 410208, Hunan, China
Author
Bi, Hai-Yan
Department of Life Sciences, National Natural History Museum of China, Beijing 100050, China
Author
Sun, Jun
Xiangzhong Normal College for Preschool Education, Shaoyang 422000, Hunan, China
Author
Sun, Qian
School of Health and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, Guangdong, China
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Phytotaxa
2023
2023-09-14
613
3
261
270
https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.613.3.5/51095
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.613.3.5
1179-3163
8345323
42.
Mussaenda membranifolia
Merr.
(
Rubiaceae
) in
Philipp. J. Sci. 23(3): 267. 1923
. TYPE:—
CHINA
.
Hainan
:
Qiongzhong
,
28 April 1922
,
F. A.
McClure
2759
(i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 9316) (
syntype
: PNH, destroyed,
A 00096249
image!,
NY 00132296
image!,
NY 00132297
image!).
Merrill (1923)
validly published the name
Mussaenda membranifolia
Merr.
with only one gathering,
McClure 9316
, cited in the protologue. However, the collecting number on the label of the
syntype
specimen exists in
A
is 2759, while its herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 9316.Therefore, the erroneous collecting number is to be corrected.