Mammillaria spinosissima Lem. subsp. spinosissima, Cact. aliq. nov.: 4. 1838 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Mammillaria polyacantha C. Ehrenb. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 265. 1848 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria tomentosa C. Ehrenb. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 17: 262. 1849 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Cactus spinosissimus (Lem.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria spinosissima (Lem.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 117. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria centraliplumosa Fittkau in Cact. Suc. Mex. 16: 39. 1971 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria virginis Fittkau & Kladiwa, Kakteen 46-47: C VIIIc. 1971 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria centraliplumosa var. gracilis Repp., Gatt. Mammillaria Monogr. 2: 428. 1992 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria haasii J. Meyrán in Cact. Suc. Mex. 38: 28. 1993 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003