Echinopsis aurea is also classified as Hymenorebutia quinesensis, Lobivia leucomalla, Lobivia densispina var. leucomalla, Lobivia famatimensis var. leucomalla, Echinopsis leucomalla, Hymenorebutia leucomalla, Echinopsis aurea var. quinesensis, Lobivia aurea var. quinesensis, Echinopsis quinesensis, Lobivia shaferi, Echinopsis fallax var. shaferi, Lobivia shaferi ssp. rubriflora, Lobivia fallax, Lobivia shaferi ssp. leucomalla, Salpingolobivia aurea, Lobivia shaferi ssp. fallax, Lobivia aurea, Hymenorebutia aurea, Lobivia ancastii, Lobivia cylindracea, Lobivia shaferi, Echinopsis cylindracea, Lobivia cylindrica, Hymenorebutia aurea var. cylindrica, Echinopsis fallax, Pseudolobivia aurea var. fallax, Pseudolobivia aurea.