Cylindropuntia bigelovii (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth subsp. bigelovii, Kaktus-ABC: 125. 1936 sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia bigelovii var. hoffmannii Fosberg in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 32: 121. 1933 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia fosbergii C.B. Wolf in Occas. Pap. Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard. 1: 79. 1938 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Grusonia bigelovii (Engelm.) G.D. Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12: 43. 2006 syn. sec. Rowley 2006