Mammillaria spinosissima var. brunnea Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 8. 1850
Mammillaria spinosissima var. brunnea, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 8. 1850
is basionym for Mammillaria spinosissima f. brunnea in Blüh. Kakteen 6: t. 71. 1905
is basionym for Neomammillaria polycentra var. brunnea, Cactaceae: 598. 1981