Tacinga palmadora (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor & Stuppy in Succ. Pl. Res. 6: 112. 2002 sec. Zappi & Taylor 2020
- ≡Opuntia palmadora Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 202, f. 250-251. 1919 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
- =Opuntia catingicola Werderm. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 223. 1934 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Opuntia palmadora subsp. catingicola (Werderm.) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Succulenta (Netherlands) 74(3): 133. 1995 syn. sec. Hunt 2016