Mammillaria heyderi subsp. meiacantha (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt, Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10. 1997 sec. Hunt 2016
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- =Neomammillaria meiacantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 84. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria melanocentra var. meiacantha (Engelm.) R.T. Craig, Mammillaria Handb.: 66. 1945 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria gummifera var. meiacantha (Engelm.) L.D. Benson, Cacti Ariz., ed. 3: 22. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria heyderi var. meiacantha (Engelm.) L.D. Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 47: 40. 1975 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003