Thelocactus tulensis (Poselg.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 11. 1923 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Echinocactus tulensis Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 125. 1853 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Thelocactus krainzianus Oehme in Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 1940: 1. 1940 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Thelocactus tulensis subsp. huizachensis Halda & Sladk. in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 7: 39. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Thelocactus tulensis subsp. kupcakii Halda & Sladk. in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 7: 40. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Thelocactus vaskoanus Halda, Hovorka & Zatloukal in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 7: 75. 2000 syn. sec. Hunt 2013
- =Thelocactus tulensis subsp. vaskoanus (Halda, Hovorka & Zatloukal) Halda, Kupcák & Malina in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 9: 45. 2002 syn. sec. Hunt 2013