Mammillaria melanocentra Poselg. subsp. melanocentra in Allg. Gartenzeitung 23: 17. 1855 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Mammillaria erinacea Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 23: 18. 1855 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria melanocentra (Poselg.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 81. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria runyonii Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 81. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria runyonii (Britton & Rose) Boed., Mammillaria-Vergl.-Schluss.: 52. 1933 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria melanocentra var. runyonii (Britton & Rose) R.T. Craig, Mammillaria Handb.: 65. 1945 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003