| Name | Alternanthera caracasanus Kunth |
| Authorship | Kunth |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | Unknown |
| Placed in | Alternanthera Forsskal |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59139-1 |
| Citation | 1817 Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 195 |
| Holdings | 38 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Alternanthera caracasanus Kunth |
| Identification made in | [no date] (13), 1976 (25) |