Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) U. Guzmán & Mandujano in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18. 2003 sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia setispina Engelm. ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. hort. dyck., ed. 3: 239. 1850 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia filipendula Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 294. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia tenuispina Engelm. & Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 294. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia ballii Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 309. 1911 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia delicata Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 310. 1911 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson, Cacti Ariz., ed. 3: 20. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003