Turbinicarpus horripilus (Lem.) V. John & Ríha in Kaktusy (Brno) 19: 22. 1983 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Mammillaria horripila Lem., Cact. aliq. nov.: 7. 1838 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocactus horripilus (Lem.) Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 91. 1839 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neolloydia horripila (Lem.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 16. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Thelocactus goldii Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 26: 23. 1955 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Gymnocactus horripilus (Lem.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Backeberg) 5: 2850. 1961 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Thelocactus horripilus (Lem.) Kladiwa & Fittkau, Kakteen 44-45: C VIIIb. 1970 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Gymnocactus goldii (Bravo) Y. Itô, Cactaceae [Itô]: 475. 1981 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Bravocactus horripilus (Lem.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 1: 22. 1998 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Pediocactus horripilus (Lem.) Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 5: 18. 1998 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Gymnocactus horripilus subsp. kvetae Chvastek & Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 7: 34. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Turbinicarpus horripilus subsp. wrobelianus Nitzschke & Montes in Succulenta (Netherlands) 79: 92. 2000 syn. sec. Guzmán 2009
- =Turbinicarpus horripilus subsp. kvetae (Chvastek & Halda) Chvastek & Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 9: 76. 2002 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Turbinicarpus horripilus var. wrobelianus (Nitzschke & Montes) D. Donati & Zanov., Con. Cap. Colt. Turbinicarpus - Rapicactus: 213. 2004 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Bravocactus horripilus subsp. wrobelianus (Nitzschke & Montes) Doweld in Sukkulenty 8: 17. 2005 syn. sec. Hunt & al. 2006