Opuntia dejecta Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 361. 1834 sec. Hunt 2016
- ≡Nopalea dejecta (Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 64. 1850 syn. sec. Salm-Dyck 1834
- =Opuntia diffusa Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 159. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Opuntia horizontalis Gillies ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 145. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)