Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck, Observ. bot. Horto Dyck 3: 8. 1822 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Opuntia hernandezii DC., Prodr. 3: 474. 1828 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia oblongata H.L. Wendl., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161. 1837 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia macdougaliana Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 516. 1908 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia tomentella A. Berger in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 147. 1912 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia icterica Griffiths in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 138. 1913 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia velutina var. macdougaliana (Rose) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 119. 1972 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia tomentosa var. hernandezii (DC.) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 20: 96. 1975 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia sarca Griffiths ex Scheinvar in Phytologia 49: 328. 1981 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia tomentosa var. herrerae Scheinvar in Phytologia 49: 332. 1981 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003