Some realignments in the dicotyledons

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Abstract
In discussing some ways in which my scheme of classification of dicotyledons differs from more traditional ones, I wish to call attention to McVaugh's principle regarding the delimitation of related larger and smaller groups, and to the fact that makers of general systems should not lose sight of phenetic definability as one of the goals in the organization of affinity–groups into formal taxa. Daphniphyllum is best considered to form a family and order in the Hamamelidae, remote from the Euphorbiaceae. The Huaceae are best placed in the Violales, and Grubbia in the Ericales. The Surianaceae should be redefined to include Cadellia, Guilfoylia, and Stylobasium, as well as Suriana, and the family moved to the Rosales. Rhabdodendron should form a family in the Rosales. Anisophyllea and its immediate allies (Poga, Polygonanthus, and Combretocarpus) should be removed from the Rhizophoraceae and established as a family in the Rosales. Retzia should form a family in the Asteridae, but its ordinal position is still uncertain; the Gentianales or the Solanales seem more likely than the Lamiales. The Hippuridaceae, Calli–trichaceae, and Hydrostachyaceae should be grouped to form an order Callitrichales in the Asteridae near the Plantaginales.