Acer decandrum Merr.

Lin, Yun, Bi, Hai-Yan, Sun, Jun & Sun, Qian, 2023, Correction of collecting number errors in the protologues of sixty-four taxon names from China, Phytotaxa 613 (3), pp. 261-270 : 262

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.