Echinocereus papillosus Linke ex Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2): 783. 1886 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Echinocereus angusticeps Clover in Rhodora 37: 79. 1935 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps (Clover) W.T. Marshall, Cactaceae (Marshall & Bock): 119. 1941 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus blanckii var. angusticeps (Clover) L.D. Benson, Fl. Texas. 2: 260. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus blanckii var. papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) L.D. Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 126. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
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- =Echinocereus berlandieri var. papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) L.D. Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48: 59. 1976 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003