Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. subsp. heyderi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 20. 1848 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Mammillaria sororia Meinsh. in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 28. 1858 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Cactus heyderi (Muehlenpf.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria heyderi (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 75. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria waltheri Boed. in Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 72. 1927 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria hemisphaerica var. waltheri (Boed.) R.T. Craig, Mammillaria Handb.: 95. 1945 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria heyderi var. bullingtoniana Castetter, P. Pierce & K.H. Schwer. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48: 138. 1976 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria heyderi var. waltheri (Boed.) Mottram, Mammillaria Index: 41. 1980 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria parrasensis Repp., Gatt. Mammillaria: 133. 1987 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003