An international team of researchers has found that the current distribution of cypress subfamilies reflects the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea that began in the Jurassic period. Monterey Cypresses, Cupressus macrocarpa, in Melbourne (Adam Carr) Pangea began to break up about 150 million years ago, and the fragments drifted apart, eventually giving rise to the disposition of continents we know today. The progressive break-up of such a large...
