Determining species boundaries is key for appropriately assessing biodiversity. However, the continuity of the speciation process makes delimiting species a difficult task, especially for recently diverged taxa. Furthermore, past introgression may leave traces that result in reticulate evolutionary patterns, challenging the estimation of species relationships. The fastest-evolving biodiversity hotspot on Earth is the Páramo. Its flora in the tropical high Andes is known for extraordinarily high species richness and endemism. However, the recent origin, fast diversification and complex taxonomy of many genera challenge species delimitation and phylogenetic reconstruction. In this study, we reconstructed phylogenetic relationships and addressed the role of introgression in the diversification of Oritrophium s.s. (Asteraceae) based on phylogenomic data. We combined genomic, phenotypic and ecological data to test species boundaries and compared trajectories across the speciation continuum within the taxonomically complex 'O. peruvianum group'. We found that historical introgression played an important role in the evolution of Oritrophium s.s., and many of the taxa within the 'O. peruvianum group' are at various stages of speciation. These results highlight the importance of testing for introgression to understand the diversification of recently evolved groups. Likewise, they suggest that heterogeneous speciation trajectories associated with geographic isolation and secondary contact, possibly during the Pleistocene, contributed to plant diversity in the tropical high Andes.

Departamento de Biodiversidad Ecología y Evolución Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid Spain

Department of Botany Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Department of Evolutionary Plant Biology Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech Republic

Herbario HUTPL Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja Loja Ecuador

Institute of Botany Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava Slovakia

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