Sarcococca euphlebia 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 : 279

50. Sarcococca euphlebia Merr.

(Buxaceae) in Philipp. J. Sci. 23(3): 249. 1923.

TYPE:— CHINA. Hainan: Wuzhishan, Wuzhi Shan, 12 May 1922, F. A. McClure 3036 (i.e. Canton Christian College Herbarium 9589) (syntype: PNH, destroyed, A 00048977 image!) .

The name Sarcococca euphlebia Merr. was validly published with a gathering “ McClure 9589 ” designated as the type ( Merrill, 1923). However, on the label of the syntype specimen exists in A, the collecting number is 3036 and the herbarium number is Canton Christian College Herbarium 9589. Therefore, the erroneous collecting number in the designation of type is to be corrected.