Foliar Anatomy of Chenopodiaceae Family and Xerophytes Adaptation.

Foliar anatomy of three species of chenopodiaceae family includingchenopodium album, kochia prostrate and noaea mucronata are studied.various anatomical characters such as stomatal densities, guard cell length for the adaxial and abaxial epidermis, type of stomata, and density of trichome on surface, cuticle thickness, mesophyll type and variety of crystal are compared. photosynthesis pathway is c4 in kochia prostrata and noaea mucronafa. foliar internal structure of species studied typically is characterized by xerophytes plants accompany by extensive central waterstorage tissue which explaines chenopodiaceae adaptation to arid and semiarid area.