= Corynopuntia pulchella (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth; Backeb. & Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 115 (1935)
= Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H.Rob.; Phytologia 26(3): 176 (1973)
= Micropuntia barkleyana Daston; Amer. Midl. Nat. 36: 662 (1947)
= Micropuntia brachyrhopalica Daston; Amer. Midl. Nat. 36: 661 (1947)
= Micropuntia gracilicylindrica Wiegand & Backeb.; Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 9 (1957)
= Micropuntia pulchella subsp. gracilicylindrica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) Hochstätter; CactusWorld 31(4): 256 (2013)
= Micropuntia pygmaea E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.; Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 9 (1956 publ. 1957)
= Micropuntia spectatissima Daston; Amer. Midl. Nat. 36: 662 (1947)
= Micropuntia tuberculosirhopalica E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.; Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 9 (1956 publ. 1957)
= Micropuntia wiegandii Backeb.; Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 9 (1957)
= Opuntia barkleyana (Daston) G.D.Rowley; Nat. Cact. & Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia brachyrhopalica (Daston) G.D.Rowley; Nat. Cact. & Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia gracilicylindrica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia pulchella Engelm.; Trans. Acad. St. Louis 2: 201 (1863)
= Opuntia pygmaea (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia spectatissima (Daston) G.D.Rowley; Nat. Cact. & Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia tuberculosirhopalica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia wiegandii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley; Nat. Cact. & Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)