Abstract: Lectotypes for four species of Chinese taxa in Gymnospermae are here designated under Article 8 . 1 , 8 .3 , 9 . 4, 9 . 9 , 9 . 10 and 37 . 2 , Recommendation 9A.1 , 9A. 2 and 9A. 3 , and the 8th section of Preface of International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (St . Louis Code ) , because two or three collections or two specimens were simultaneously designated as types, without indicating the holotype in the protologue.

Key words: Gymnospermae