Ferocactus recurvus (Mill.) Borg subsp. recurvus, Cacti (Borg): 231. 1937 sec. Pilbeam & Bowdery 2005
- =Cactus nobilis L., Mant. 243. 1771 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocactus recurvus (Mill.) Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 426. 1827 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocactus spiralis Karw. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 60. 1837 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocactus recurvus var. spiralis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) K. Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 348. 1898 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Ferocactus nobilis (L.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 141. 1922 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Bisnaga recurva (Mill.) Orcutt, Cactography 1., 1926 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Ferocactus latispinus var. spiralis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) N.P. Taylor in Bradleya 2: 26. 1984 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Ferocactus recurvus f. spiralis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) G. Unger, Gross. Kugelkakteen: 294. 1992 syn. sec. ???
- =Bisnaga latispina subsp. spiralis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 3: 36. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003