Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298. 1856 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Opuntia brachyclada Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 27: 25. 1914 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia humistrata Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 83. 1916 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978
- =Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz, Man. S. Calif. Bot.: 325, 599. 1935 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia whitneyana E.M. Baxter, Calif. Cact.: 37. 1935 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia basilaris var. humistrata (Griffiths) W.T. Marshall & T.M. Bock, Cactaceae (Marshall & Bock): 65. 1941 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978
- =Opuntia brachyclada subsp. humistrata (Griffiths) Wiggins & C.B. Wolf, Ill. Fl. Pacific States 3: 148. 1951 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978