Maesa consanguinea 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 598 (4), pp. 271-282 : 277

38. Maesa consanguinea Merr.

(Myrsinaceae) in Philipp. J. Sci. 23(3): 258. 1923.

TYPE:— CHINA. Hainan: Wuzhishan, Wuzhi Shan, 6 May 1922, F. A. McClure 2914 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 9468) (syntype: PNH, destroyed, A 00025484 image!) .

The name Maesa consanguinea Merr. was validly published with a gathering “ McClure 9468 ” designated as the type ( Merrill, 1923). However, on the label of the syntype specimen exists in A, the collecting number is 2914 and the herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 9468. Therefore, the erroneous collecting number in the designation of type is to be corrected.