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 24. Fagraea chinensis Merr. ( Loganiaceae ) in Philipp. J. Sci. 23(3): 261. 1923 . TYPE:— CHINA . Hainan : Danzhou , Yik Tsok Mau , 19 May 1922 , F. A. McClure 3175 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 9724) ( syntype : PNH, destroyed, A 00075981 image!, NY 00297329 image!). The name Fagraea chinensis Merr. was validly published with a gathering “ McClure 9724 ” designated as the type ( Merrill, 1923 ). However, on the label of the syntype specimen exists in A , the collecting number is 3175 and the herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 9724. Therefore, the erroneous collecting number in the designation of type is to be corrected.