Cylindropuntia prolifera (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 126. 1936 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Opuntia prolifera Engelm. in Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 14: 338. 1852 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Grusonia prolifera (Engelm.) G.D. Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12: 45. 2006 syn. sec. Rowley 2006