Medicago constricta

Medicago constricta
Conservation status
secure[1]
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

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.

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} "ILDIS page on Medicago constricta". http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~19585&genus~Medicago&species~constricta. Retrieved 2008-11-17. 
2. ^ Béna, G., Lyet, A., Huguet, T., and 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 9-06193-598-9.