Opuntia hyptiacantha F.A.C. Weber, Dict. horticult. 2: 894. 1898 sec. Hunt 2016
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- =Opuntia nigrita Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 169. 1910 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia cretochaeta Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 11. 1916 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia matudae Scheinvar in Phytologia 49: 324. 1981 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003