Tassonomia:
Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
Phylum: Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966 -
Flowering Plants
Subphylum: Spermatophytina (auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
Infraphylum: Angiospermae auct.
Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
Subclass: Caryophyllidae Takhtajan, 1967
Superorder: Caryophyllanae Takhtajan, 1967
Order: Caryophyllales Perleb, 1826
Suborder: Chenopodiineae
Family: Amaranthaceae Adans., 1763, nom. cons. - Amaranth Family
Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Alternanthera (al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh) Forsskål, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.
28. 1775. - [Latin alternans, alternating, and anthera, anther,
referring to the alternation of pseudostaminodes and stamens]
Specific name: Alternanthera
Scientific name: Rosaefolia
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