Mammillaria pottsii Scheer ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. hort. dyck., ed. 3: 104. 1850 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Mammillaria leona Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 94. 1853 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Cactus pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 136. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Chilita pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Leptocladodia leona (Poselg.) Buxb., Kakteen 1. IV: C VIIIc. 1962 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria pottsii var. gigas Repp., Gatt. Mammillaria: 61. 1987 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria pottsii var. multicaulis Repp., Gatt. Mammillaria: 60. 1987 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Krainzia pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Doweld in Sukkulenty 3: 43. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003