Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth subsp. acanthocarpa, Kaktus-ABC: 124. 1936 sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Opuntia echinocarpa var. robustior J.M. Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 446. 1896 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Grusonia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) G.D. Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12: 43. 2006 syn. sec. Rowley 2006