Taraktogenos hainanensis 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 : 269

58. Taraktogenos hainanensis Merr.

(Flacourtiaceae) in Philipp. J. Sci. 23(3): 255. 1923. TYPE:— CHINA. Hainan: Shuimen, 15 May 1922, F. A. McClure 3084 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 9636) (syntype: PNH, destroyed, A 00066951 image!, A 00066952 image!, NY 00108168 image!).

The name Taraktogenos hainanensis Merr. was validly published with a single gathering “ McClure 9636 ” cited in the protologue ( Merrill, 1923). However, on the label of the syntype specimen (A 00066951), the collecting number is 3084 and the herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 9636. Therefore, the erroneous collecting number in the protologue is to be corrected.