Cylindropuntia spinosior (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 126. 1936 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Opuntia whipplei var. spinosior Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 51. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia spinosior (Engelm.) Toumey in Bot. Gaz. 25: 119. 1898 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia spinosior var. neomexicana Toumey in Bot. Gaz. 25: 119. 1898 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Grusonia spinosior (Engelm.) G.D. Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12: 45. 2006 syn. sec. Rowley 2006