| Vegetation and flora of the southern Drakensberg escarpment and adjacent areas SP Bester Universiteit van Pretoria, 1998 | 24* | 1998 |
| Guide to plant families of southern Africa M Koekemoer, HM Steyn, SP Bester South African National Biodiversity Institute 31, 295, 2013 | 16 | 2013 |
| A guide to plant families of southern Africa M Koekemoer, HM Steyn, SP Bester SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 79, 231-231, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| New plant records for Tankwa Karoo National Park, South Africa SP Bester, RR Klopper, HM Steyn, H Bezuidenhout koedoe 54 (1), 37-46, 2012 | 7 | 2012 |
| 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 | 3 | 2013 |
| Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Naudin SP Bester, G Condy Flowering Plants of Africa 63, 56-64, 2013 | 3 | 2013 |
| Stenostelma umbelluliferum (Schltr.)Bester & Nicholas SP Bester, A Nicholas, G Condy Flowering Plants of Africa 60, 96-103, 2007 | 3* | 2007 |
| 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 |
| Apocynaceae SP Bester, L Joubert Bothalia 41 (1), 199-201, 2011 | 2* | 2011 |
| 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 |
| Apocynaceae-Transfer of Schizoglossum umbelluliferum to Stenostelma, and its neotypification (Asclepiadoideae) SP Bester, A Nicholas BOTHALIA 37 (1), 48-51, 2007 | 2 | 2007 |
| Apocynaceae: new records of Adenium boehmianum in the FSA region SP Bester Bothalia 36 (1), 63-64, 2006 | 2* | 2006 |
| Pteridophyta. Range extension records from the southern Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa RR Klopper, SP Bester, GF Smith National Botanical Institute, 2010 | 1* | 2010 |
| Nemesia arenifera (Scrophulariaceae), a new species from the Sandveld, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, and the lectotypification of N. viscosa SP Bester, HM Steyn Phytotaxa 126, 49-54, 2013 | | 2013 |
| Miraglossum davyi (N.E.Br.) Kupicha SP Bester, G Condy Flowering Plants of Africa 63, 138-144, 2013 | | 2013 |
| The split-tongue Ascleps and their cousins-an overview SP Bester, A Nicholas South African Journal of Botany 86 (Complete), 152-153, 2013 | | 2013 |
| Apocynaceae (Asclepiadoideae–Ceropegieae) SP Bester, SM Berruti Bothalia 41 (2), 295-297, 2011 | | 2011 |
| Asclepias albens (E.Mey.) Schltr. and A. macropus (Schltr.) Schltr SP Bester, G Condy Flowering Plants of Africa 62, 110-119, 2011 | | 2011 |
| A checklist eastern South African Apocynaceae SP Bester SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 77 (2), 569-569, 2011 | | 2011 |
| Xysmalobium pedifoetidum Bester & Nicholas SP Bester, A Nicholas, G Condy Flowering Plants of Africa 62, 100-109, 2011 | | 2011 |