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 55. Strobilanthes maclurei Merr. ( Acanthaceae ) in Philipp. J. Sci. 21(4): 354. 1922. TYPE:—CHINA. Hainan: Wuzhishan, Wuzhi Shan , alt. 700 m , 21 December 1921, F. A. McClure 2143 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 8578) (syntype: PNH, destroyed, A 00094307 image!, NY 00278318 image!). The name <emphasis id="B948EA92FF99FFC6FF31C8FAFE6FE0AE" box="[240,458,483,504]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Strobilanthes maclurei</emphasis> Merr. was validly published with a single gathering “ <emphasis id="B948EA92FF99FFC6FC18C8FAFBC1E0AE" box="[985,1124,483,504]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">McClure 8578</emphasis> ” cited in the protologue ( <bibRefCitation id="EFAD4B71FF99FFC6FAA1C8FAFF59E34A" author="Merrill, E. D." journalOrPublisher="The Philippine Journal of Science" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" pagination="337 - 355" part="21" refId="ref10349" refString="Merrill, E. D. (1922 a) Diagnoses of Hainan Plants. The Philippine Journal of Science 21 (4): 337 - 355." title="Diagnoses of Hainan Plants" type="journal article" year="1922"> Merrill, <year id="FF9477D3FF99FFC6FF7CCB1EFF55E34A" box="[189,240,519,540]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">1922</year> a </bibRefCitation> ). However, on the label of the syntype specimen exists in A, the collecting number is 2143 and the herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 8578 . Therefore, the erroneous collecting number in the protologue is to be corrected.