Mammillaria sempervivi DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 114. 1828 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Mammillaria caput-medusae Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 22. 1837 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria tetracentra Otto ex C.F. Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 214. 1846 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Cactus sempervivi (DC.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neomammillaria sempervivi (DC.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 86. 1923 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria bachmannii Boed. ex A. Berger, Kakteen (Berger): 323. 1929 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Mammillaria sempervivi var. caput-medusae (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Backeberg) 5: 3160. 1961 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003