Echinocereus subinermis Salm-Dyck ex Scheer subsp. subinermis, Bot. Voy. Herald: 291. 1856 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Cereus subinermis (Salm-Dyck ex Scheer) Hemsl., Biol. cent.-amer., Bot. 1: 546. 1880 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus luteus Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 239. 1913 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus subinermis var. luteus (Britton & Rose) F.M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 312. 1936 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus subinermis f. luteus (Britton & Rose) Krainz, Kat. ZSS, ed. 2: 51. 1967 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus subinermis var. aculeatus G. Unger in Kakteen And. Sukk. 35: 164. 1984 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003