| Vegetation and flora of the southern Drakensberg escarpment and adjacent areas SP Bester University of Pretoria, 1998 | 24* | 1998 |
| Guide to plant families of southern Africa. M Koekemoer, HM Steyn, SP Bester Guide to plant families of southern Africa., 2013 | 16 | 2013 |
| 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 | 14 | 2016 |
| 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 |
| 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 (3), 651-658, 2018 | 3 | 2018 |
| 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, 2018 | 3 | 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 | 3 | 2013 |
| Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin SP Bester, G Condy Flowering Plants of Africa 63, 56-64, 2013 | 3 | 2013 |
| Stenostelma umbelluliferum. SP Bester, A Nicholas, G Condy | 3 | 2007 |
| Periglossum podoptyches (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa SP Bester, A Nicholas Phytotaxa 282 (1), 28-36, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
| Schizoglossum austromontanum, a novel new species from South Africa (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Asclepiadeae) SP Bester, A Nicholas Phytotaxa 273 (1), 43-50, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
| 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 |
| Xysmalobium Undulatum (L.) Aiton F. Var. Undulatum SP Bester Plantzafrica, official website of the South African National Biodiversity …, 2009 | 2 | 2009 |
| 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 SP Bester, A Nicholas Bothalia 37 (1), 48-51, 2007 | 2 | 2007 |
| The identity of Schizoglossum theileri (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) SP Bester, MF Glen, A Nicholas Magnolia Press, 2016 | 1 | 2016 |
| Vaccinium exul SP Bester, S Burrows South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2015 | 1 | 2015 |
| Strophanthus speciosus: Apocynaceae. SP Bester, G Condy Flowering Plants of Africa 62, 94-99, 2011 | 1 | 2011 |
| Schizoglossum umbelluliferum: an unusual milkweed re-collected in Pretoria after 109 years SP Bester, JE Victor Veld & Flora 91 (4), 166, 2005 | 1 | 2005 |
| Pachycarpus natalensis SP Bester, A Beaumont Flowering Plants of Africa 66, 126-134, 2019 | | 2019 |
