Dear Garg ji, The name *Barleria prattensis* is taxonomically incorrect. It is named after some Mr. Pratt, but when you coin an epithet after someone's name, you should never end it as *ensis*. This ending of an epithet is used when the plant is being named after a *place*, e.g. *yunnanensis, capensis, nilgherrensis* etc. The ending *iana* can be used when the epithet is named after a person, e.g., *wightiana, hamiltoniana, wallichiana* etc. It is against taxonomy rules to name an epithet after a person, and end it with *ensis*. That's why *prattensis* is incorrect. For correcting such names, a separate paper is not required. The incorrect epithet can just be replaced by the taxonomically correct epithet. You can see that POWO mentions the exact same publication, Kew Bull. 3: 487 (1948 publ. 1949) , for both the names! https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77220423-1 You may like to put the correct name, *Barleria prattiana* Santapau on eFI. Tabish
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