Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 125. 1936 ["1935"] sec. Hernández & al. 2014
- ≡Cereus imbricatus Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 70. 1819 syn. sec. Hernández & al. 2014
- ≡Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC., Prodr. 3: 471. 1828 syn. sec. Hernández & al. 2014
- ≡Grusonia imbricata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 44. 2006 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- ≡Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Cactus bleo Torr. in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 202. 1828 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
- =Opuntia decipiens DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118. 1828 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
- =Cereus imbricatus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 93. 1837 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Opuntia cristata Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 49. 1845 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Opuntia exuviata Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 48. 1845 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Opuntia arborescens Engelm., Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 90. 1848 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- ≡Cylindropuntia arborescens (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth, Nye Kaktusbog: 133. 1930 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- ≡Cylindropuntia imbricata var. arborescens (Engelm.) Bulot in Succulentes (France). 2002 syn. sec. ???
- ≡Opuntia imbricata var. arborescens (Engelm.) A.D.Zimmerman, Cacti Trans-Pecos: 103. 2004 syn. sec. ???
- =Opuntia imbricata var. ramosior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 249. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Opuntia imbricata var. tenuior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 249. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Opuntia stellata Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 73. 1850 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- ≡Opuntia exuviata var. stellata (Salm-Dyck) Lem. ex Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 492. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
- =Opuntia exuviatostellata Lem. ex Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 492. 1853 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Opuntia costigera Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 338. 1859 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Opuntia galeottii De Smet ex Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 337. 1859 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Cactus imbricatus Lem., Cactées: 88. 1868 syn. sec. POWO 2017+
- =Cactus cylindricus J.James, Cat. Fl. Pl. Cincinnati: 182. 1879 syn. sec. POWO 2017+
- =Opuntia ruthei A.Berger, Hort. Mortol.: 235. 1912 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Opuntia vexans Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 28–29. 1912 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Opuntia magna Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 6. 1914 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003