| Guide to plant families of southern Africa. M Koekemoer, HM Steyn, SP Bester Guide to plant families of southern Africa., 2013 | 48 | 2013 |
| Vegetation and flora of the southern Drakensberg escarpment and adjacent areas SP Bester University of Pretoria, 1998 | 25 | 1998 |
| The Cuito catchment of the Okavango system: a vascular plant checklist for the Angolan headwaters DJ Goyder, N Barker, SP Bester, A Frisby, M Janks, FMP Gonçalves PhytoKeys, 1-31, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| New national and regional bryophyte records, 47 LT Ellis, M Alataş, AK Asthana, KK Rawat, V Sahu, A Srivastava, ... Journal of Bryology 38 (2), 151-167, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| Senecio conrathii N.E.Br. (Asteraceae), a new hyperaccumulator of nickel from serpentinite outcrops of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa SJ Siebert, NC Schutte, SP Bester, DM Komape, N Rajakaruna Ecological research 33, 651-658, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| An updated plant checklist for Tankwa karoo national park, South Africa HM Steyn, SP Bester, H Bezuidenhout South African Journal of Botany 88, 247-251, 2013 | 11 | 2013 |
| Cucumis metuliferus SP Bester, G Condy SANBI (South African National Biodiversity Institute)[National Botanical …, 2013 | 11 | 2013 |
| New plant records for Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africa SP Bester, RR Klopper, HM Steyn, H Bezuidenhout Koedoe 54 (1), 37-46, 2012 | 8 | 2012 |
| Apocynaceae. SP Bester, A Nicholas, HJT Venter A checklist of South African plants 41, 114-154, 2006 | 5 | 2006 |
| New combinations in Stenostelma (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) and two novel species from South Africa. SP Bester, A Nicholas Phytotaxa 361 (1), 41-55, 2018 | 4 | 2018 |
| Stenostelma umbelluliferum. SP Bester, A Nicholas, G Condy Flowering Plants of Africa 60, 96-103, 2007 | 4 | 2007 |
| Periglossum podoptyches (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa SP Bester, A Nicholas Phytotaxa 282 (1), 28–36-28–36, 2016 | 3 | 2016 |
| Schizoglossum austromontanum, a novel new species from South Africa (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Asclepiadeae) SP Bester, A Nicholas Phytotaxa 273 (1), 43–50-43–50, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
| Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) Aiton f. var. undulatum SP Bester | 2 | 2015 |
| National Herbarium Plant Collecting Programme reveals new country and provincial distribution records from South African National Parks (Apocynaceae, Asteraceae … SP Bester, PPJ Herman, RR Klopper Magnolia Press, 2012 | 2 | 2012 |
| National plant collecting programme: is it worth the trouble? Progress on collection in Tankwa Karoo and Namaqua National Parks SP Bester, HM Steyn, M Koekemoer South African Journal of Botany 74 (2), 385, 2008 | 2 | 2008 |
| Rutaceae. JE Victor, M Jordaan | 2 | 2006 |
| Schizoglossum umbelluliferum: an unusual milkweed re-collected in Pretoria after 109 years: conservation news SP Bester, JE Victor Veld & Flora 91 (4), 166, 2005 | 2 | 2005 |
| Re-instatement of Craterostigma nanum (Linderniaceae) from the Pondoland Centre of Floristic Endemism and key to the South African species KW Grieve, SP Bester Phytotaxa 592 (2), 135-143, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Precious patchwork NP Barker, A Frisby, PC Le Roux, K Oberlander, M Greve, SP Bester, ... Veld & Flora 107 (1), 26-29, 2021 | 1 | 2021 |
Nigel BarkerHead of Department of Plant and Soil SciencesVerified email at up.ac.za
