Thanks a lot, Tabish ji, I will correct it. On Sun, 6 Apr, 2025, 10:13 pm Tabish, <[email protected]> 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/3b68087c-d810-448c-898b-9d1843842af7n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/3b68087c-d810-448c-898b-9d1843842af7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2BiuSFBNcx9m68vTM%3Do133V%3D4BymFfv7XNi4jdOO2bcA05T%3DvQ%40mail.gmail.com.
