Opuntia cantabrigiensis Lynch in Gard. Chron. III. 33: 98. 1903 sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia engelmannii var. cuija Griffiths & Hare in New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: 44. 1906 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia cuija (Griffiths & Hare) Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 529. 1908 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia lindheimeri var. cuija (Griffiths & Hare) L.D. Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 125. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia lindheimeri subsp. cantabrigensis (Lynch) Guiggi in Cactology 3: 8. 2012 syn. sec. Guiggi 2012