| Landscape evolution in Zimbabwe from the Permian to present, with implications for kimberlite prospecting AE Moore, FPD Cotterill, T Broderick, D Plowes South African Journal of Geology 112, 65-88, 2009 | 58 | 2009 |
| Wild flowers of Rhodesia: a guide to some of the common wild flowers of Rhodesia DCH Plowes, RB Drummond Longman Rhodesia, 1976 | 54* | 1976 |
| A reclassification of Caralluma R. Brown (Stapelieae: Asclepiadaceae) PCH Plowes Haseltonia, 49-70, 1995 | 49 | 1995 |
| The seasonal variation of crude protein in twenty common veld grasses at Matopos, Southern Rhodesia, and related observations DCH Plowes Rhod. Agric. J 54, 33-55, 1957 | 36 | 1957 |
| A preliminary reassessment of the genera'Hoodia'and'Trichocaulon'('Stapelieae':'Asclepiadaceae') DCH Plowes International Asclepiad Society, 1992 | 17 | 1992 |
| A first comprehensive account of floral diversity and endemism on the Nyanga massif, Manica Highlands (Zimbabwe - Mozambique) VR Clark, MA Timberlake, JR, Hyde, A Mapaura, M Coates Palgrave, ... Kirkia: The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany 19 (1), 1-53, 2016 | 16* | 2016 |
| Considerations of wildlife resources and land use in Chad JO Keith, DCH Plowes Productive Sector Growth and Environment Division, Office of Sustainable …, 1997 | 16 | 1997 |
| Bird-Life at the Orange River mouth DCH Plowes Ostrich 14 (3), 123-138, 1943 | 15 | 1943 |
| Wild flowers of Zimbabwe DCH Plowes, RB Drummond Revised Edition. Longman, Zimbabwe 82, 110-111, 1990 | 13 | 1990 |
| A brief survey of the birds of Bloemhof district DCH Plowes, E Cusack Ostrich 15 (2), 81-103, 1944 | 13 | 1944 |
| The stapeliads of Senegal DCH Plowes CactusWorld 26, 151-158, 2008 | 9 | 2008 |
| Stapeliae from South Tropical Africa LC Leach, DCH Plowes Asklepios 28 (28), 68-80, 1983 | 9* | 1983 |
| The taxonomy of the genera Pachycymbium Leach and Angolluma Munster (Stapelieae: Asclepiadaceae) DCH Plowes Excelsa 16, 103-123, 1994 | 8 | 1994 |
| A new account of Echidnopsis Hook. f.(Asclepiadaceae-Stapelieae) DCH Plowes Haseltonia 1, 65-85, 1993 | 8 | 1993 |
| Bush or grass-which do we want. DCH Plowes | 8 | 1956 |
| When is a Caralluma not a Caralluma? DCH Plowes Asklepios 107, 3-22, 2010 | 7 | 2010 |
| Veld Burning - How, Why, and When DCH Plowes Rhodesia Agricultural Journal 53, 380-394, 1956 | 7 | 1956 |
| The birds of Ladysmith Natal DCH Plowes Ostrich 18 (2), 134-154, 1947 | 7 | 1947 |
| Larryleachia and Hoodia (Stapelieae: Asclepiadaceae): some new nomenclatural proposals DCH Plowes Excelsa 17, 3-28, 1996 | 6 | 1996 |
| The succulents of Sudan DCH Plowes Excelsa 14, 57-69, 1989 | 6 | 1989 |
