Cylindropuntia abyssi (Hester) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 184. 1958 sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
- ≡Opuntia abyssi Hester in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 15(12): 193–194. 1943 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
- ≡Grusonia abyssi (Hester) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 43. 2006 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)