Fagraea chinensis 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 : 265

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.613.3.5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8356702
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03958796-FF95-FFCA-FF49-CB1EFAC7E387
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Fagraea chinensis Merr.
status

Treatment

24. Fagraea chinensis Merr. View in CoL

(Loganiaceae) in Philipp. J. Sci. 23(3): 261. 1923. TYPE:— CHINA. Hainan: Danzhou, Yik Tsok Mau, 19 May 1922, F. A. McClure 3175 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 9724) (syntype: PNH, destroyed, A 00075981 image!, NY 00297329 image!).

The name Fagraea chinensis Merr. was validly published with a gathering “ McClure 9724 ” designated as the type ( Merrill, 1923). However, on the label of the syntype specimen exists in A, the collecting number is 3175 and the herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 9724. Therefore, the erroneous collecting number in the designation of type is to be corrected.