Correction of collecting number errors in the protologues of sixty-four taxon names from China Author Lin, Yun 0000-0002-4607-2435 Hunan Medication Vestibule School, Changsha 410208, Hunan, China & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4607 - 2435, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3614 - 8336 Author Bi, Hai-Yan 0000-0002-3614-8336 Department of Life Sciences, National Natural History Museum of China, Beijing 100050, China Author Sun, Jun 0000-0002-8461-969X Xiangzhong Normal College for Preschool Education, Shaoyang 422000, Hunan, China & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8461 - 969 X, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7086 - 7609 Author Sun, Qian 0000-0002-7086-7609 School of Health and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, Guangdong, China Correspondence: sunqian 2 @ sztu. edu. cn text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-05-29 598 4 271 282 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.598.4.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.598.4.1 1179-3163 7983799 56. Symplocos lancilimba Merr. ( Symplocaceae ) in Philipp. J. Sci. 23(3): 259. 1923 . TYPE:— CHINA . Hainan : Yik Tsok Mau , 18 May 1922 , F. A. McClure 3122 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 9672) ( syntype : PNH , destroyed, A 00077130 image!, A 00077131 image!, A 00077132 image!) . Merrill (1923) validly published the name Symplocos lancilimba Merr. with only one gathering, McClure 9672 , cited in the protologue. However, the collecting number on the label of the syntype specimen ( A 00077132 ) exists in A is 3122, while its herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 9672.Therefore, the erroneous collecting number is to be corrected.