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 1. Acer decandrum Merr. ( Aceraceae ) in Lingnan Sci. J. 11(1): 47. 1932 . TYPE:— CHINA . Hainan : Hongmao Shan , 6 June 1929 , W. T. Tsang & H. Fung 253 (i.e. Lingnan University Herbarium 17787) ( holotype : NY 00337730 image!; isotype: A 00050399 image!, A 00050400 image!). Tsang & Fung 17787 (NY) was the only gathering cited inthe protologue of the name Acer decandrum Merr. ( Merrill, 1932 ). However, the collecting number on the label of the holotype specimen is 253, while its herbarium number is Lingnan University Herbarium 17787. Thus, the collecting number cited in the protologue is to be corrected.