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 1.1.2. Neurolaena intermedia Rydberg (1927: 307) ( Fig. 1 ). Brief description :—Shrubs 2.5–3.5 m tall. Leaf petiole 18–25 mm long, blade 10–26 × 4–8 cm , margin entire, venation camptodromous, abaxial surface eglandular; capitula discoid, involucre 7.4–8.8 × 2.8–6.8 mm , cylindrical, phyllaries sparsely puberulous or glabrous; receptacle holopaleaceous, paleae 6.1–6.5 mm long; disc florets 20–30 per capitulum, corolla 5–5.9 mm long, pale yellow to yellow; cypselae 2.2–2.35 mm long, eglandular, pappus 50–60 bristles. Neurolaena intermedia is one of the three species of Neurolaena ( N. macrophylla and N. oaxacana ) that has a hemipaleaceous receptacle. Geographic distribution: —Endemic to Guatemala (NY 230778!) ( Fig. 1 ). Selected Material: — GUATEMALA . Alta Varapaz: Coban, February 1908 , H. von Turckheim II 2105 (NY).