Acanthocereus chiapensis Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 117. 1972 sec. Hunt 2016
- =Acanthocereus griseus Backeb. in Cactus (Paris) 85: 106. 1965 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
- =Peniocereus chiapensis (Bravo) Gómez-Hin. & H.M. Hern. in Revista Mex. Biodivers. 76: 131. 2005 syn. sec. Hunt 2016