Symplocos lancilimba 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 : 280

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.