Pilosocereus lanuginosus (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957 sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Cactus lanuginosus L., Sp. Pl.: 467. 1753 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Cereus lanuginosus (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Cereus No. 3. 1768 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Cereus lanuginosus (L.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 182. 1812, nom. illeg., syn. sec. TROPICOS 1988+
- ≡Pilocereus lanuginosus (L.) Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 672. 1886 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Cephalocereus lanuginosus (L.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 417. 1909 syn. sec. TROPICOS 1988+
- =Cereus royenii Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 182. 1812, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Franck 2021
- =Cereus pfeifferi Parm. ex Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 370. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
- =Pilocereus coerulescens Lem. in Rev. Hort. 34: 427. 1862 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Pilosocereus coerulescens (Lem.) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 75. 1979 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- =Pilocereus consolei Lem. in Rev. Hort. 1862: 427. 1862 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Pilocereus lanuginosus var. virens Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 672. 1885 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Pilocereus swartzii K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 184. 1897–1899 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Pilosocereus panchesiorum Xhonneux in Cact.-Avent. Int. 92: 13. 2011 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)