Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm., Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 109. 1848 sec. Sánchez & al. 2018
- ≡Echinocactus pectinatus Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 5(8): 492–493. 1838 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- ≡Echinopsis pectinata (Scheidw.) J.H.Fennell in Allg. Gartenzeitung 11: 282. 1843 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- ≡Cereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm., Pl. Fendler.: 50. 1849 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- ≡Echinocereus pectinatus var. pectinatus syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
- =Echinocactus pectinifer Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 25. 1839 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Echinocactus pectinifer var. laevior Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 26. 1839 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Echinocactus pectiniferus Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 25. 1839 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
- =Echinocactus pectiniferus var. laevior Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 26. 1839 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
- =Echinopsis pectinata var. laevior Monv. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 365. 1846 syn. sec. WFO 2019
- =Cereus pectiniferus Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 320. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
- =Cereus dasyacanthus var. minor Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 279. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- ≡Echinocereus pectinatus var. minor (Engelm.) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 40(3): 125. 1968 syn. sec. TROPICOS 1988+
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. castaneus Rydb. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 1: 144. 1891 syn. sec. WFO 2019
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. candicans Rydb. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 111. 1893 syn. sec. WFO 2019
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. robustior Th.Wolf in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 7: 95. 1897 syn. sec. WFO 2019
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. rufispinus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 272. 1897–1899 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. laevior Th.Wolf in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. Index: 56. 1912 syn. sec. WFO 2019
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. jamauvei Frič in Cactography 4. 1926 syn. sec. WFO 2019
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. reichenbachii Werderm. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. C 2: t. 5. 1950 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. bauerii Rother syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. tamaulipensis Frič ex Schelle syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- =Echinocereus pectinatus var. texensis Rümpler syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003