• Disocactus flagelliformis var. minor (Salm-Dyck in Pfeiff.)
• Cereus flagelliformis var. minor Salm-Dyck in Pfeiff.
• Cereus minor Weing.

• Disocactus flagelliformis (L.) Barthlott
• Aporocactus flagelliformis (L.) Lem.
• Cactus flagelliformis L.
• Cereus flagelliformis (L.) Mill.
• Disocactus flagelliformis var. leptophis (DC.)
• Aporocactus flagelliformis leptophis (DC.) P.V.Heath
• Aporocactus leptophis (DC.) Britton & Rose
• Cereus leptophis DC.
• Disocactus flagelliformis var. minor (Salm-Dyck in Pfeiff.)
• Cereus flagelliformis var. minor Salm-Dyck in Pfeiff.
• Cereus minor Weing.
• Disocactus flagriformis (Pfeiff.) Scheinvar
• Aporocactus flagelliformis var. pfeifferi P.V.Heath
• Aporocactus flagriformis (Zucc.) Lem. in Britton & Rose
• Cereus flagriformis Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
• Disocactus smithianus (P.V.Heath)
• х Aporoheliocereus smithianus P.V.Heath

Notes: Cereus minorSN|4774]]SN|4774]] (Weingart, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 49. 1908) doubtless refers to the variety minor given above.
[N. L. Britton & J. N. Rose - THE CACTACEAE - Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family - Volume 2, pag. 218]