Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi in Hamburger Garten-Blumenzeitung 20: 545. 1864 sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave gilbeyi Haage & Schmidt in Gard. Chron. 1873: 1305. 1873 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave roezliana Baker in Gard. Chron., n. s., 7: 528. 1877 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave roezliana var. gilbeyi (Haage & Schmidt) Trel., Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 237. 1914 syn. sec. García-Mendoza 2011
- =Agave purpusorum A. Berger, Agaven: 111-112. f. 25. 1915 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Agave huehueteca Standl. & Steyerm. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 4. 1943 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008