1.1.3. Neurolaena balsana Turner (1978: 251) (Fig. 1).

Brief description: —Shrubs ca. 1.5 m tall. Leaf petiole 4–15 mm long, blade 10–20 × 2.5–3.8 cm, margin entire, venation camptodromous, abaxial surface sparsely glandular-punctate; capitula discoid, involucre 8–9 × 8–9 mm, cylindrical, phyllaries glabrous; receptacle holopaleaceous, paleae ca. 6 mm long; disc florets 20–30 per capitulum, corolla ca. 6 mm long, pale yellow to yellow; cypselae 2–2.5 mm long, densely glandular-punctate, pappus bristles 35–40.

We propose that this species belongs to Neurolaena ser. Neurolaena .

Geographic distribution: —Endemic to Mexico, Chiapas state (GH 00010689!) (Fig. 1).

Selected Material: — MEXICO. Chiapas: Sierra Madre, 9 February 1899, E. Langlassé 843 (GH) .