| Name | Alternanthera achyranth Forsskål |
| Authorship | Forsskål |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Alternanthera Forsskal |
| Contains | Alternanthera achyranth var. parvifolia Moquin-Tandon |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59096-1 |
| Citation | 1775 Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 28 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Alternanthera achyranth Forsskål |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |