Abstract

This study confined to four species of genus Cenchrus using multiple parameters that is morphology, epidermal leaf anatomy (LM and SEM) and palynology (LM and SEM). The species Cenchrus biflorus Roxb, Cenchrus ciliaris Linn., Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochst. and Steud. ex Steud and Cenchrus setigerus Vahl. Playno-anatomical characterization based on SEM techniques provides useful information for differentiation of species in Genus Censhrus. The study demonstrated that all the four species may differ from each other on the basis of morphology, anatomy and palynology.

Key words: Morphology, palynology, foliar epidermal anatomy, Cenchrus.