According to Article 9.2 of International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code, 2018), errors in the citation of the locality in the protologues of nine names of Chinese plants, including Carex melinacra var. changningensis (Cyperaceae), Celastrus rugosa (Celastraceae), Ctenitis changanensis (Aspidiaceae), Huodendron tomentosum (Styracaceae), Ostodes kuangii (Euphorbiaceae), Pleione microphylla (Orchidaceae), Rubus rufus var. longipedicellatus (Rosaceae), Sorbus (Rosaceae), and Trichosanthes subrosea (Cucurbitaceae), were corrected. The holotypes of two names and the isotypes of seven names are deposited in the Harvard University Herbaria; the holotypes of seven names are deposited in the Chinese National Herbarium (PE).