(A) Transoceanic distribution of Nothofagus subspecies Lophozonia and Fuscospora and South American species N. nitida (subgenus Nothofagus). Map adapted from Swenson et al. [43]. ASE, Australia; NCA, New Caledonia; NGU, New Guinea; NZE, New Zealand; SAM, South America; TAS, Tasmania.
(B) Relationship of Australia, New Zealand, and South America 65 Myr and 35 Myr before present, reconstructed from http://www.odsn.de/ (link “Plate Tectonic Reconstructions”).