2.1.1. Neurolaena macrophylla Greenman (1904: 118) (Fig. 1).

Brief description: —Shrubs 2–8 m tall. Leaf petiole 7.8–27 mm long, blade 16.5–60 × 4.87–15 cm, margin entire, venation camptodromous, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent to glabrous; capitula discoid, involucre 5–7.3 × 4–7 mm, cylindrical, phyllaries densely pubescent; disc florets 25–30 per capitulum, corolla 5–7.2 mm long, yellow; cypselae 2–2.6 mm long, eglandular, pappus 35–65 bristles.

We record here for the first time that N. macrophylla has a hemipaleaceous receptacle.

Geographic distribution: — Guatemala (NY 368341!) and Mexico, in Chiapas (US 256540!) and Oaxaca states (TEX 430317) (Fig. 1).

Selected Material: — GUATEMALA. Suchitepequez: Finca Moca, 4 January 1935, A. F. Skutch 2055 (NY) . MEXICO. Chiapas: Chicarras, 06 February 1896, E. W. Nelson 3766 (US) . Oaxaca: Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, 9 km al NW Emilio Rabasa, 27 February 1992, S. Ochoa-Gaona s.n. 3844 (TEX) .