| Name | Alternanthera pungens Kunth |
| Authorship | Kunth |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Alternanthera Forsskal |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59301-1 |
| Holdings | 17 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Alternanthera pungens Kunth |
| Identification made in | [no date] (16), 1976 (1) |