This name is a synonym of Gymnocalycium hyptiacanthum subsp. uruguayense .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III, 4: 504 1905.
This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2782165, and has not been changed.