Comment on "Eocene Fagaceae from Patagonia and Gondwanan legacy in Asian rainforests".

Wilf (Research Articles, 7 June 2019, eaaw5139) claim that evolved in the Southern Hemisphere from where it spread to its modern distribution in Southeast Asia. However, extensive paleobotanical records of Antarctica and Australia lack evidence of any Fagaceae, and molecular patterns indicate shared biogeographic histories of , , , and subgenus , making the southern route unlikely.