Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck subsp. engelmannii, Cact. hort. dyck., ed. 3: 235. 1850 sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia cacanapa Griffiths & Hare, New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60 47. 1906 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia subarmata Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 94. 1909 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia texana Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 92. 1909 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia tricolor Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 85. 1909 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia alta Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 165. 1910 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia lindheimeri var. chisosensis M.S. Anthony in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 252. 1956 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia lindheimeri var. tricolor (Griffiths) L.D. Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 125. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia engelmannii var. alta (Griffiths) Weniger, Cacti Southw. (Austin): 175. 1970 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia engelmannii var. cacanapa (Griffiths & Hare) Weniger, Cacti Southw. (Austin): 177. 1970 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia engelmannii var. subarmata (Griffiths) Weniger, Cacti Southw. (Austin): 180. 1970 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia engelmannii var. texana (Griffiths) Weniger, Cacti Southw. (Austin): 174. 1970 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia chisosensis (M.S. Anthony) D.J. Ferguson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 58: 124. 1986 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia lindheimeri var. subarmata (Griffiths) Elizondo & Wehbe in Cact. Suc. Mex. 32: 17. 1987 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003