Coryphantha retusa (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 38. 1923 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Mammillaria retusa Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 369. 1837 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Melocactus mammillariaeformis Salm-Dyck in Allg. Gartenzeitung 4: 148. 1836 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria mammillariaeformis (Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck, Cact. hort. dyck., ed. 3: 138. 1850 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Coryphantha melleospina Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 25: 526. 1954 syn. sec. Hunt & al. 2006
- =Coryphantha retusa var. pallidispina Backeb., Cactaceae (Backeberg) 6: 3874. 1962 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Coryphantha retusa var. melleospina (Bravo) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 27: 17. 1982 syn. sec. Guzmán 2009