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