An updated synopsis of Neurolaena (Neurolaeneae, Asteraceae) with a new species from the Colombian Andes Author Bueno, Vinicius R. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Laboratório de Sistemática Vascular, Prédio 43432, sala 107, Porto Alegre, RS 91501 - 970, Brazil Author Gostel, Morgan R. 0000-0002-3169-627X Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1700 University Dr, TX 76107 - 3400, Fort Worth, United States of America; Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 166, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., 20013 - 7012 USA mgostel @ brit. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3169 - 627 X mgostel@brit.org Author Heiden, Gustavo 0000-0002-0046-6500 Embrapa Clima Temperado, Rodovia BR 392, km 78, Caixa Postal 403, Pelotas, RS 96010 - 971, Brazil gustavo. heiden @ embrapa. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0046 - 6500 gustavo.heiden@embrapa.br text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-10-25 622 2 131 145 https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.622.2.3/51247 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.2.3 1179-3163 10146797 2.2.1. Neurolaena cobanensis Greenman ex Smith (1904: 418–419) ( Fig. 1 ). Brief description: —Shrubs 1–3 m tall. Leaf petiole 10.3–15 mm long, blade 13.3–36 × 1.55–5 cm , margin entire, venation penninervous, abaxial surface glabrous; capitula radiate, involucre 5–6 × 4.5–6 mm , cylindrical to narrowly campanulate, phyllaries densely puberulous or glabrous; receptacle holopaleaceous, paleae 5.2–5.5 mm long; ray florets 8–10 per capitulum, corolla 8–8.6 mm long, yellow; disc florets 40–50 per capitulum, corolla 5.6–6.5 mm long, pale green to pale yellow; cypselae 1.9–2 mm long, eglandular, pappus 60–70 bristles. Geographic distribution: — Costa Rica ( US 01790956!), Guatemala ( US 0101494!), Nicaragua (MO 2977777!) and Mexico , in Chiapas state (MO 823662!) ( Fig. 1 ). Selected Material: — COSTA RICA . Guanacaste : Puntarenas and Alajuela , cordillera de Tilaran , 6 March 1986 , F. Almeda & B. Anderson 5370 ( US ) . GUATEMALA . Baja Varapaz : Union Barrios , 12 March 1972 , E. Contreras 11273 ( US ) . MEXICO . Chiapas : Villaflores , 28 February 2002 , A. Reyes-Garcia 4141 (MO) . NICARAGUA . Nuevo Segovia : 19.2 km N of Mozonte , taking left fork, along road throught Finca El Rosario , 24 March 2017 , W. D. Stevens & O.M. Montiel J. 39563 (MO) .