Myrtillocactus cochal (Orcutt) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427. 1909 sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Cereus cochal Orcutt in W. Amer. Sci. 6(43): 29. 1889 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Cereus geometrizans var. cochal (Orcutt) K.Brandegee in Zoë 5: 4. 1900 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- ≡Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. cochal (Orcutt) W.T.Marshall syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)