Lophocereus gatesii M.E.Jones in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 5: 546. 1934 sec. Arias & al. 2012
- ≡Lophocereus schottii var. gatesii (M.E.Jones) Borg, Cacti, ed. 2: 199. 1951 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- ≡Pachycereus gatesii (M.E.Jones) D.R.Hunt in Bradleya 9: 89. 1991 syn. sec. Arias & al. 2012