Elaeocarpus glabripetalus 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 : 274

18. Elaeocarpus glabripetalus Merr.

(Elaeocarpaceae) in Philipp. J. Sci. 21(5): 501. 1922.

TYPE:— CHINA. Guangdong: Shantou, alt. 600 m, 20 July 1921, F. A. McClure 76 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 6505) (syntype: PNH, destroyed, A 00051800 image!) .

The name Elaeocarpus glabripetalus Merr. was validly published with a gathering “ McClure 6505 ” designated as the type ( Merrill, 1922b). However, the collecting number on the lable of the syntype specimen exists in A is 76, while its herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 6505. Therefore, the erroneous collecting number in the designation of type is to be corrected.