Mammillaria aciculata Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 29. 1837 sec. Britton & Rose 1923
- ≡Cactus aciculatus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
- ≡Mammillaria polythele var. aciculata (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 9. 1845 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923