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 40. Meliosma buchananifolia Merr. ( Sabiaceae ) in Philipp. J. Sci. 23(3): 250. 1923 . TYPE:— CHINA . Hainan : Yik Tsok Mau , 19 May 1922 , F. A. McClure 3184 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 9732) ( syntype : PNH, destroyed, A 00051042 image!, A 00051043 image!, ECON 00112346 image!). The name Meliosma buchananifolia Merr. was validly published with a single gathering “ McClure 9732 ” cited in the protologue ( Merrill, 1923 ). However, on the labels of the syntype specimens, the collecting number is 3184 and the herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 9732. Therefore, the erroneous collecting number in the protologue is to be corrected.