| Field guide to trees of southern Africa B Van Wyk Penguin Random House South Africa, 2013 | 987 | 2013 |
| Regions of floristic endemism in southern Africa: a review with emphasis on succulents B Van Wyk, G Smith Umdaus press, 2001 | 864 | 2001 |
| Therapeutic uses of Aloe L.(Asphodelaceae) in southern Africa OM Grace, MSJ Simmonds, GF Smith, AE Van Wyk Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119 (3), 604-614, 2008 | 151 | 2008 |
| Evolutionary history and leaf succulence as explanations for medicinal use in aloes and the global popularity of Aloe vera OM Grace, S Buerki, MRE Symonds, F Forest, AE van Wyk, GF Smith, ... BMC evolutionary biology 15, 1-12, 2015 | 134 | 2015 |
| Vegetation of the Tembe Elephant Park, Maputaland, South Africa WS Matthews, AE Van Wyk, N Van Rooyen, GA Botha South African Journal of Botany 67 (4), 573-594, 2001 | 132 | 2001 |
| Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae), with emphasis on southern African taxa MM Merwe, AE Wyk, AM Botha Plant Systematics and Evolution 251, 21-34, 2005 | 116 | 2005 |
| Field guide to the wild flowers of the Highveld: also useful in adjacent grassland and bushveld B Van Wyk, S Malan New Holland Australia (AU), 1997 | 115 | 1997 |
| An inventory of Vhavenḓa useful plants K Magwede, BE Van Wyk, AE Van Wyk South African Journal of Botany 122, 57-89, 2019 | 113 | 2019 |
| Biodiversity of the Maputaland centre AE Van Wyk The Biodiversity of African Plants: Proceedings XIVth AETFAT Congress 22–27 …, 1996 | 107 | 1996 |
| Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) in Southern Africa: classification, biology, and cultivation GF Smith, E Figueiredo, AE Van Wyk Academic Press, 2019 | 103 | 2019 |
| Endemic flora of the north-eastern Transvaal escarpment, South Africa WS Matthews, AE Van Wyk, GJ Bredenkamp Biological Conservation 63 (1), 83-94, 1993 | 102 | 1993 |
| Trends in the evolution of dicotyledonous seeds based on character associations, with special reference to pachychalazy and recalcitrance I VON TEICHMAN, AE VAN WYK Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 105 (3), 211-237, 1991 | 97 | 1991 |
| Maputaland-pondoland-albany Y Steenkamp, B Van Wyk, J Victor, D Hoare, G Smith, T Dold, R Cowling Hotspots revisited: Earth’s biologically richest and most endangered …, 2004 | 93 | 2004 |
| Structures and relationships of families endemic to or centered in southern Africa. R Dahlgren, AE Van Wyk Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25, 1-94, 1988 | 92 | 1988 |
| Documented Utility and Biocultural Value of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae): A Review OM Grace, MSJ Simmonds, GF Smith, AE van Wyk Economic Botany 63, 167-178, 2009 | 85 | 2009 |
| Maputaland-Pondoland region AE Van Wyk Centres of plant diversity: a guide and strategy for their conservation 1 …, 1994 | 79 | 1994 |
| A revised generic classification for Aloe (Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae) OM Grace, RR Klopper, GF Smith, NR Crouch, E Figueiredo, N Rønsted, ... Phytotaxa 76 (1), 7–14-7–14, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| The genus Calvatia (‘Gasteromycetes’, Lycoperdaceae): A review of its ethnomycology and biotechnological potential JC Coetze, AE Van Wyk African Journal of Biotechnology 8 (22), 2009 | 74 | 2009 |
| Structural aspects and trends in the evolution of recalcitrant seeds in dicotyledons I Von Teichman, AE Van Wyk Seed Science Research 4 (2), 225-239, 1994 | 67 | 1994 |
| Phanerozoic evolution of plants on the African plate PM Burgoyne, AE Van Wyk, JM Anderson, BD Schrire Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (1-3), 13-52, 2005 | 60 | 2005 |
