| Name | Alternanthera canescens Kunth |
| Authorship | Kunth |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Alternanthera Forsskal |
| Contains | Alternanthera canescens f. capitellata Suessenguth |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59137-1 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Alternanthera canescens Kunth |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |