The ʺSouthern Beechʺ Tree Is Found in Such Diverse Places

The ʺSouthern Beechʺ tree is found in such diverse places as Australia, South Africa, and South America. People did not transplant it. How did it probably get to these widely separated locations?

A) Seeds were carried by birds.
B) Seeds were blown by the prevailing winds.
C) Glaciers split what was once a continuous, huge population of beeches.
D) These landmasses were once connected and later drifted apart.
E) The simultaneous creation of the same species occurred in different geographic locations.