Opuntia megasperma var. orientalis (J.T.Howell) D.M.Porter in Madroño 25: 58. 1978 sec. Anderson & Walkington 1971
- ≡Opuntia megasperma subsp. orientalis J.T.Howell in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 48. 1933 syn. sec. Anderson & Walkington 1971
- ≡Opuntia galapageia subvar. orientalis (J.T.Howell) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 562. 1958 syn. sec. Anderson & Walkington 1971