Nyctocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 423. 1909 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Cactus serpentinus Lag. & Rodr., Anales Ci. Nat. 4. 1801 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978
- =Cereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) DC., Prodr. 3: 467. 1828 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978
- =Cereus serpentinus var. splendens Salm-Dyck ex Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 79. 1839 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978
- =Cereus splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. hort. dyck., ed. 3: 214. 1850 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978
- =Echinocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) Lem., Cactées: 57. 1868 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978
- =Echinocereus splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Lem., Cactées: 57. 1868 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978
- =Nyctocereus serpentinus var. pietatis Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 116. 1972 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Nyctocereus castellanosii Scheinvar in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 47-53: 165. 1984 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Peniocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) N.P. Taylor in Bradleya 5: 93. 1987 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
- =Peniocereus castellanosii (Scheinvar) Scheinvar, Fl. Cactológ. Est. Querétaro: 178. 2004 syn. sec. ???
- =Peniocereus serpentinus subsp. pietatis (Bravo) Scheinvar, Fl. Cactológ. Est. Querétaro: 177. 2004 syn. sec. ???
- =Nyctocereus serpentinus subsp. splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Scheinvar in Schumannia 5: 141. 2008 syn. sec. Bravo-Hollis 1978