Following Article 9.2 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code, 2018), errors in the dates in the protologues of the names of eighteen taxa from China were corrected. They include Aralia plumosa (Araliaceae), Berberis bergmaniae var. acanthophylla (Berberidaceae), Biondia parviurnula (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae), Boottia heterophylla (Hydrocharitacea), Bredia hainanensis (Melastomataceae), Cornus yunnanensis (Cornaceae), Cotoneaster glabrata (Rosaceae), Dendropanax productus (Araliaceae), Dendropanax stellatus (Araliaceae), Hedyotis obliquinervis (Rubiaceae), Hypericum macrosepalum (Clusiaceae), Lonicera flavipes (Caprifoliaceae), Pandanus gressittii (Pandanaceae), Pedicularis membranacea (Scrophulariaceae), Phyllagathis setotheca (Melastomataceae), Phyllagathis xanthotricha (Melastomataceae), Plagiopetalum quadrangulum (Melastomataceae), and Tylophora nana (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae). The holotypes of all eighteen names are at the Harvard University Herbaria.