Echinocereus adustus Engelm. subsp. adustus, Memoir Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus]: 104. 1848 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Echinocereus radians Engelm., Memoir Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus]: 105. 1848 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus rufispinus Engelm., Memoir Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus]: 104. 1848 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. adustus (Engelm.) Daul, Illustr. Handb. Kakteenkunde 78. 1890 syn. sec. Blum & al. 1998