Good Evening Garg ji , I have gone through most of the posts of Centranthera indica page. Both C.indica as well as C. cochinchinensis var. nepalensis are mentioned as two different species on plant list as well as gbif. Also in IUCN page on Centranthera indica there's no any mention of C.cochinchinensis var. nepalensis as its synonym.
After detailed study the only main difference that I found between two is the length of Corolla which is much longer in C.indica(2-2.5cms long) than C.cochinchinensis var. nepalensis (1.5cms long) . Also the matured plants of C.cochinchinensis var.nepalensis can remain as small as to 5cms whereas the plants are larger(more than 10cms) in C.indica. However from the images as well as colour of flower present on site we can't conclude it untill we will have measurements of Corolla ,as far as my specimens are concerned both including this rarer white colour form and the other pink colour form have corolla not more than 15mm long ,but personally till now I have no any encounter with the South Indian Centranthera indica. Moreover C.indica is much widespread species reported from South India to Australia while C.cochinchinensis var. nepalensis only occurs near the Himalayas. I am sharing again this link where difference between Centranthera species are listed. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2481130?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Centranthera&searchText=indica&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DCentranthera%2Bindica&refreqid=search%3A1d99babeb2023ff8a50486d3cd6b2018&seq=2&loggedin=true#metadata_info_tab_contents Best regards Ashutosh Sharma On Sun, Sep 30, 2018, 9:21 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Ashutosh ji, > May I request you to go through the posts in Centranthera indica > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orobanchaceae/centranthera/centranthera-indica> > (having > posts from south India, where only *C. indica *is reported and from > Himalayas where only *Centranthera cochinchinensis *var. *nepalensis* is > reported)- do you find any difference between the two ? > > On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 at 02:25, Ashutosh Sharma < > ashutoshsharma1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is Centranthera cochinchinensis var.nepalensis rare white yellowish >> form (Synonyms - C.nepalensis) , it is not Centranthera cochinchinensis >> var. lutea because of its bracts longer than the calyces moreover in this >> case the corolla is also not longer than 15mm which will be upto 20mm in >> Centranthera cochinchinensis var. lutea . >> Thus this one is rarer white yellowish form of Centranthera >> cochinchinensis var. nepalensis as generally flower colour is >> pinkish(corolla) with darker purplish tube. >> Here are some images regarding differences between Centranthera species >> and a link >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020637 >> >> Best regards >> Ashutosh Sharma >> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 2:13 AM Ashutosh Sharma < >> ashutoshsharma1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Garg ji sorry for late response >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 9:52 AM J.M. 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