Echinomastus erectocentrus (J.M. Coult.) Britton & Rose subsp. erectocentrus, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 148. 1922 sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinocactus krausei Hildm. ex K. Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 446. 1898 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Echinomastus krausei (Hildm. ex K. Schum.) Borg, Cacti (Borg). 1937 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Thelocactus krausei (Hildm. ex K. Schum.) H.P. Kelsey & Dayton, Stand. pl. nam., ed. 2: 78. 1942 syn. sec. ???
- =Thelocactus erectocentrus (J.M. Coult.) W.T. Marshall in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 9: 28. 1947 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Neolloydia erectocentra (J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson, Cacti Ariz., ed. 3: 24. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003
- =Pediocactus erectocentrus (J.M. Coult.) Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 5: 24. 1998 syn. sec. Guzmán & al. 2003