| A revised classification of the Apocynaceae sl ME Endress, PV Bruyns The Botanical Review 66, 1-56, 2000 | 600 | 2000 |
| A new subgeneric classification for Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) in southern Africa based on ITS and psbA-trnH sequence data PV Bruyns, RJ Mapaya, TJ Hedderson Taxon 55 (2), 397-420, 2006 | 227 | 2006 |
| A worldwide molecular phylogeny and classification of the leafy spurges, Euphorbia subgenus Esula (Euphorbiaceae) R Riina, JA Peirson, DV Geltman, J Molero, B Frajman, A Pahlevani, ... Taxon 62 (2), 316-342, 2013 | 202 | 2013 |
| Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar PV Bruyns Umdaus Press, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
| Age and diversity in Old World succulent species of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) PV Bruyns, C Klak, P Hanáček Taxon 60 (6), 1717-1733, 2011 | 86 | 2011 |
| A molecular phylogeny and classification of the largely succulent and mainly African Euphorbia subg. Athymalus (Euphorbiaceae) JA Peirson, PV Bruyns, R Riina, JJ Morawetz, PE Berry Taxon 62 (6), 1178-1199, 2013 | 85 | 2013 |
| A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) PV Bruyns, C Klak, P Hanáček South African Journal of Botany 112, 399-436, 2017 | 82 | 2017 |
| A phylogeny and new classification for Mesembryanthemoideae (Aizoaceae) C Klak, PV Bruyns, TAJ Hedderson Taxon 56 (3), 737-756, 2007 | 74 | 2007 |
| Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae) PV Bruyns, PI Forster Taxon, 381-391, 1991 | 67 | 1991 |
| Three new succulent species of Apocynaceae (Asclepiadoideae) from southern Africa PV Bruyns Kew Bulletin, 427-435, 2003 | 65 | 2003 |
| A revision of Hoodia and Lavrania (Asclepiadaceae-Stapelieae) PV Bruyns | 56 | 1994 |
| Recent radiation of Brachystelma and Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) across the Old World against a background of climatic change PV Bruyns, C Klak, P Hanáček Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 90, 49-66, 2015 | 55 | 2015 |
| A phylogenetic hypothesis for the recently diversified Ruschieae (Aizoaceae) in southern Africa C Klak, PV Bruyns, P Hanáček Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3), 1005-1020, 2013 | 52 | 2013 |
| A revision of the genus Echidnopsis Hook. f.(Asclepiadaceae) PV Bruyns Bradleya 1988 (6), 1-48, 1988 | 39 | 1988 |
| Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae–Asclepiadoideae)–repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group PV Bruyns, C Klak, P Hanáček Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77, 251-263, 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
| A Revision of Microloma R. Br: Asclepiadaceae-Asclepiadeae P Bruyns, HP Linder E. Schweizerbart, 1991 | 32 | 1991 |
| Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Stapeliads: 1. Phylogeny PV Bruyns Plant Systematics and Evolution 221, 199-226, 2000 | 30 | 2000 |
| Out of southern Africa: Origin, biogeography and age of the Aizooideae (Aizoaceae) C Klak, P Hanáček, PV Bruyns Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109, 203-216, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of Caralluma R. Br. (Apocynaceae) PV Bruyns, A al Farsi, T Hedderson Taxon 59 (4), 1031-1043, 2010 | 28 | 2010 |
| A new infrageneric classification for Mesembryanthemum (Aizoaceae: Mesembryanthemoideae) C Klak, PV Bruyns Bothalia 43 (2), 197-206, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
