Pfeiffera cereiformis Salm-Dyck, Cact Hort. Dyck. 1844. 41. 1845

Rhipsalis cereiformis Forster, Handb. Cact. 454. 1846

Hariota cereiformis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl.1 : 262. 1891

All treated as synonyms of Pfeiffera ianthothele in B&R 1923