Opuntia elata Link & Otto ex Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 361. 1834 sec. Hunt 2006
- =Opuntia elata var. oblongata E.Walther in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1: 204. 1930 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Opuntia bispinosa Backeb., Cactaceae 6: 3607. 1962 syn. sec. POWO 2017+