Opuntia spinulifera Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 364. 1834 sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia candelabriformis Mart. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 159. 1837 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia oligacantha Salm-Dyck, Cact. hort. dyck., ed. 3: 241. 1850 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia heliabravoana Scheinvar in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 45: 75. 1975 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003