Cylindropuntia hystrix (Griseb.) Areces in Ciencias (Havana), ser. 10, 15: 4. 1976 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Opuntia hystrix Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 117. 1866 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Grusonia hystrix (Griseb.) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 44. 2006 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)