Many many thanks, Tabish, for pointing to this fact, and bringing it to light. Indeed yes, POWO mentions same source of publication for both the names. In the *Barleria prattiana* Santapau page, a justifying note would encourage discontinuing use of the name *Barleria prattensis* Santapau . Regards. Dinesh
On Sunday, 6 April 2025 at 22:13:48 UTC+5:30 Tabish wrote: > 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 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/7959a460-cb49-4e22-9f84-10352282cd40n%40googlegroups.com.
