Are Lathyrus and Lyonothamnus both types of legume?
Lathyrus Lathyrus (commonly known as peavines or vetchlings) is a genus in the legume family Fabaceae and contains approximately 160 species. They are native to temperate areas, with a breakdown of 52 species in Europe, 30 species in North America, 78 in Asia, 24 in tropical East Africa, and 24 in temperate South America. There are annual and perennial species which may be climbing or bushy. This genus has numerous sections, including "Orobus", which was once a separate genus.
Pachylemur Pachylemur is an extinct, giant lemur most closely related to the ruffed lemurs of genus "Varecia". Two species are known, "Pachylemur insignis" and "Pachylemur jullyi", although there is some doubt as to whether or not they may actually be the same species. "Pachylemur" is sometimes referred to as the giant ruffed lemur, because although it and the living ruffed lemurs had similar teeth and skeletons, "Pachylemur" was more robust and as much as three to four times larger. DNA studies have confirmed a sister group relationship between these two types of lemur. Like living ruffed lemurs, "Pachylemur" specialized in eating fruit, and was therefore an important seed disperser, possibly for tree species with seeds too large for even ruffed lemurs to swallow. In the spiny thickets of southwestern Madagascar, they were also likely to have dispersed seeds evolved to attach to fur and be carried away. Unlike ruffed lemurs, the fore- and hindlimbs of "Pachylemur" were nearly the same length, and therefore it was likely to be a slow, deliberate climber. However, both used hindlimb suspension to reach fruit on small branches below them.