Mammillaria decipiens Scheidw. subsp. decipiens in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 5: 496. 1838 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Cactus decipiens (Scheidw.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria decipiens (J.M. Coult.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 131. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Chilita decipiens (Scheidw.) Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Dolichothele decipiens (Scheidw.) Tiegel in Cactaceae (Berlín) 1: 103. 1936 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Pseudomammillaria decipiens (Scheidw.) Buxb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 84. 1951 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Krainzia decipiens (Scheidw.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 3: 42. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003