Instead , most authors put Dipentodon in the ill - defined and heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae .
Dipentodon was placed in its own family by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1941 , but this placement was not generally followed .
Most authors put Dipentodon in the ill - defined and heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae .
Dipentodon was placed in its own family by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1941 , but this placement was not generally followed .