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 31. Hoya lancilimba Merr. ( Asclepiadaceae ) in Lingnan Sci. J. 11(1): 54. 1932 . TYPE:— CHINA . Hainan : Hongmao Shan , 23 August 1929 , Ip Yuk Shing 727 (i.e. Lingnan University Herbarium Herbarium 18261) ( holotype : NY 00318648 image!; isotype: A 00076417 image!). Merrill (1932) cited only one gathering, Ip Yuk Shing 18261 ( NY ), in the protologue of Hoya lancilimba Merr .. However, the collecting number on the label of the holotype specimen is 727, while the herbarium number is Lingnan University Herbarium 18261. Therefore, the collecting number is to be corrected.