Coryphantha nickelsiae (K. Brandegee) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 35. 1923 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Mammillaria nickelsiae K. Brandegee in Zoe 5: 31. 1900 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Coryphantha calochlora Boed., Mammillaria-Vergl.-Schluss.: 7. 1933 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Coryphantha sulcata var. nickelsiae (K. Brandegee) L.D. Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 188. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003