Mammillaria spinosissima var. flavida Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 8. 1850
Mammillaria spinosissima var. flavida, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 8. 1850
is basionym for Mammillaria spinosissima f. flavida in Blüh. Kakteen 6: t. 71. 1905
is basionym for Neomammillaria polycentra var. flavida, Cactaceae: 599. 1981