Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 122. 1936 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Opuntia ramosissima Engelm. in Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 14: 339. 1852 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia tessellata Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 309. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia tessellata var. cristata K. Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 70. 1898 syn. sec. Benson 1982
- =Cylindropuntia ramosissima var. cristata (K. Schum.) P.V. Heath in Calyx 4: 142. 1994 syn. sec. Heath 1994
- =Grusonia ramosissima (Engelm.) G.D. Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12: 45. 2006 syn. sec. Rowley 2006