A Botanist Examines an Extant Plant Specimen from Australia That

A botanist examines an extant plant specimen from Australia that inhabits a niche environment that is exclusive to Australian habitats. It is found far inland and has an unusually large seed. He notes that it shares many morphological similarities with other species from Africa, India and South America. A likely reason for this is that

A) all the species share strong similarities due to convergent evolution.
B) the species are all Gondwanan in origin and share a common ancestor.
C) seed has dispersed from the Australian species and it has colonised new continents.
D) all the species share strong similarities due to divergent evolution.
E) the species are all Laurasian in origin and share a common ancestor.

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