Mammillaria sphacelata Mart. subsp. sphacelata in Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 16: 339. 1832 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Cactus sphacelatus (Mart.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria sphacelata (Mart.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 138. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Chilita sphacelata (Mart.) Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Leptocladodia sphacelata (Mart.) Buxb., Kakteen 20: C VIIIc. 1962 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Escobariopsis sphacelata (Mart.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 3: 41. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003