Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 123. 1936 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Opuntia arbuscula Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 309. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia neoarbuscula Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 260. 1908 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia vivipara Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 52: 153. 1908 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Cylindropuntia vivipara (Rose) F.M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 124. 1936 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Grusonia arbuscula (Engelm.) G.D. Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12: 43. 2006 syn. sec. Rowley 2006