This nomenclatural note, a sequel to a recently published taxonomic revision of the Old World species of the genus Boehmeria (Urticaceae), establishes: (1) a holotype of B. maugeretii, synonym of taxon no. 8b in the revision (B. clidemioides var. diffusa), (2) B. 15 zollingeriana Wedd. var. blinii (H. Lév.) C.J. Chen in Chen et al. as the correct name for the variety named in the revision as B. zollingeriana Wedd. var. podocarpa (W.T. Wang) W.T. Wang & C.J. Chen in Chen et al., (3) that the combination B. spicata (Thunb.) Thunb., based on Urtica spicata Thunb., is not illegitimate, as stated in the revision in synonymy of B. japonica (L. f.) Miq. and in an attached note, (4) a corrected synonymy 20 for B. splitgerbera Koidz. and the designation of a lectotype for Splitgerbera japonica Miq. and its nomenclatural synonyms, and (5) identifications of types for a number of excluded names: Boehmeria amaranthus H. Lév., B. bodinieri H. Lév., B. cavaleriei H. Lév., B. martini H. Lév. and B. vanioitii H. Lév.