Arbutus xalapensis Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 279-280. 1819 sec. González Elizondo & González Elizondo 2014
- =Arbutus petiolaris Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 281. 1819 ["1818"] syn. sec. Fragoso 2008
- =Arbutus densiflora Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 15. 1839 syn. sec. Fragoso 2008
- =Arbutus rubescens Bertol., Fl. Guatimal.: 20. 1840 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Arbutus xalapensis var. pubescens Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 66. 1840 syn. sec. Fragoso 2008
- =Arbutus floribunda M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 534. 1842 syn. sec. Fragoso 2008
- =Arbutus glandulosa M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(1): 533. 1842 syn. sec. Fragoso 2008
- =Arbutus laurina M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(1): 535. 1842 syn. sec. Fragoso 2008
- =Arbutus macrophylla M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(1): 534. 1842 syn. sec. Fragoso 2008
- =Arbutus paniculata M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(1): 535. 1842 syn. sec. Fragoso 2008
- =Arbutus prunifolia Klotzsch in Linnaea 24: 73. 1851 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Arbutus peninsularis Rose & Goldman in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 13: 312. 1911 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Arbutus donnell-smithii Small, N. Amer. Fl. 29: 85. 1914 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013