Escobaria vivipara is also classified as Coryphantha vivipara var. neo-mexicana, Cactus radiosus var. neo-mexicanus, Escobaria neo-mexicana, Mammillaria radiosa var. neo-mexicana, Coryphantha radiosa var. neo-mexicana, Coryphantha oklahomensis, Cactus neo-mexicanus, Neomammillaria radiosa, Mammillaria vivipara var. neo-mexicana, Escobaria vivipara var. neo-mexicana, Coryphantha neo-mexicana, Mammillaria radiosa, Escobaria vivipara var. radiosa, Coryphantha radiosa, Cactus radiosus, Echinocactus radiosus, Mammillaria vivipara var. radiosa, Escobaria radiosa, Coryphantha rosea, Escobaria vivipara var. rosea, Coryphantha vivipara var. rosea, Coryphantha vivipara var. kaibabensis, Coryphantha vivipara var. radiosa, Escobaria vivipara var. arizonica, Cactus viviparus, Mammillaria radiosa, Mammi