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 text 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 39. Mallotus maclurei Merr. ( Euphorbiaceae ) in Philipp. J. Sci. 21(4): 347. 1922 . TYPE:— CHINA . Hainan : Wuzhishan , Wuzhi Shan , alt. 600 m , 20 December 1921 , F. A. McClure 2076 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 8558) ( syntype : PNH, destroyed, A 00048358 image!, NY 00069905 image!). Merrill (1922a) validly published the name Mallotus maclurei Merr. with only one gathering, McClure 8558 , cited in the protologue. However, the collecting number on the label of the syntype specimen exists in A is 2076, while its herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 8558.Therefore, the erroneous collecting number is to be corrected.