Backebergia militaris (Audot) Bravo ex Sánchez-Mej. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 45: 174. 1973 sec. Lodé 2018
- ≡Cereus militaris Audot in Rev. hort. sér. 2. 4: 307. 1845 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Pilocereus chrysomallus Lem., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 3: 242. 1847 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Cereus chrysomallus (Lem.) Hemsl., Biol. cent.-amer., Bot. 1: 541. 1880 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Cephalocereus chrysomallus (Lem.) K. Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 3(6a): 182. 1894 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Backebergia chrysomalla (Lem.) Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 24: 231. 1954 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mitrocereus militaris (Audot) Bravo ex Buxb. in Bot. Stud. 12: 54. 1961 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Cephalocereus militaris (Audot) H.E. Moore in Baileya 19: 165. 1975 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003