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 1.1. Neurolaena ser. Neurolaena . Type species:— Neurolaena lobata ( Linnaeus 1753: 862 ) Cassini (1825: 502) ( Figs. 1 , 2 , 3 ). Diagnosis: —Cylindrical involucre and generally smaller morphological structures in comparison with Neurolaena ser. Macrocephalae , such as involucres 2.75–10 × 2.9–9 mm , longer than wider, sometimes as long as wide, rarely wider, paleae 4.9–6.5 mm long, disc corolla 4.3–6 mm long, and pappus bristles 2.4–6 mm long. Geographic distribution: —From Mexico through Central America to South America in the Guyanas and the Andes, from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia : Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , French Guiana, Guatemala , Guyana , Honduras , Mexico , Nicaragua , Panama , Suriname , Venezuela , and in the Caribbean Islands: American Virgin Islands , Antigua and Barbuda , Anguilla , Bahamas , Barbados , British Virgin Islands , Cuba , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Grenada , Guadeloupe, Haiti , Jamaica , Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico , Saba , Santa Lucia , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Vincent and Grenadines , Trinidad and Tobago , and Turks and Caicos Islands ( Figs. 1 , 2 , 3 ).