Medicago constricta

Medicago constricta is an annual, non-climbing species of the genus Medicago.[1] It is found in the Mediterranean basin from Greece to Israel.[2] M. constricta is found primarily in sandy clay[3] or dry soils.[4] It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, which is capable of nitrogen fixation.

Medicago constricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Genus:
Medicago
Species:
M. constricta
Binomial name
Medicago constricta
Durieu
Synonyms

Medicago globosa Urb.
Medicago globosa sensu auct. Urb.
Medicago rigidula subsp. constricta (Durieu) Ponert

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  • seeds

References
  1. "ILDIS page on Medicago constricta". Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  2. Béna, G.; Lyet, A.; Huguet, T. & Olivier, I. (2005). "Medicago–Sinorhizobium symbiotic specificity evolution and the geographic expansion of Medicago". J. Evol. Biol. 18 (6): 1547–58. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00952.x. PMID 16313467.
  3. Heyn, Chaia Clara (1963). The Annual Species of Medicago. Jerusalem, Israel: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University. pp. 108–111.
  4. Lesinš, Karlis Adolfs; Lesinš, Irma (1979). Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). The Hague, The Netherlands: Dr. W. Junk bv Publishers. pp. 176–179. ISBN 90-6193-598-9.


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