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The existence of intermediate types is a major obstacle that can hinder the circumscription of species. Elucidating the mechanism responsible for intermediate types is essential for achieving a reasonable taxonomical treatment. In this study, we explored the evolutionary history and taxonomic treatment of the    Soroseris   hookeriana    (C.B.Clarke) Stebbins complex, which comprises six named taxa that may be taxonomically distinct and are all native to the Qingha-Tibetan Plateau ( QTP ). We made an investigation across the distribution range of    Soroseris    Stebbins and sampled 27 populations, mostly from the complex. Internal transcribed spacer ( ITS ) and two chloroplast loci were sequenced and analysed using the neighbour-joining and Bayesian inference methods. The resulting phylogenies show no well supported inconsistence in topologies, in line with the lack of incongruence detected by the length difference test. However, all the trees were largely unresolved within    S.   hookeriana    complex, irrespective of the optimality criterion employed. We interpret these results as an experience of radiation, which is a common process for native genera on the  QTP . Thus, we suggest that all of the morphotypes might be different forms, generated by incipient speciation due to recent explosive differentiation, possibly triggered by the drastic environmental changes of the  QTP . Given their evolutionary history, we propose a pragmatic method for treating all of these species as subspecies with a total of four new combinations.

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Radiation of members of the    Soroseris   hookeriana    complex (  Asteraceae  ) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and their proposed taxonomic treatment