| Mycoheterotrophy: the biology of plants living on fungi V Merckx Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 | 391* | 2012 |
| FungalRoot: global online database of plant mycorrhizal associations NA Soudzilovskaia, S Vaessen, M Barcelo, J He, S Rahimlou, ... New Phytologist 227 (3), 955-966, 2020 | 348 | 2020 |
| Evolution of endemism on a young tropical mountain VSFT Merckx, KP Hendriks, KK Beentjes, CB Mennes, LE Becking, ... Nature 524 (7565), 347-350, 2015 | 318 | 2015 |
| The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi MI Bidartondo, DJ Read, JM Trappe, V Merckx, R Ligrone, JG Duckett Biology letters 7 (4), 574-577, 2011 | 283 | 2011 |
| The potential for indirect effects between co‐flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness LG Carvalheiro, JC Biesmeijer, G Benadi, J Fründ, M Stang, I Bartomeus, ... Ecology letters 17 (11), 1389-1399, 2014 | 240 | 2014 |
| Rapid radiation of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) during Pliocene and Pleistocene: result of a global climate change SB Janssens, EB Knox, S Huysmans, EF Smets, VSFT Merckx Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (3), 806-824, 2009 | 220 | 2009 |
| Analysis of network architecture reveals phylogenetic constraints on mycorrhizal specificity in the genus Orchis (Orchidaceae) H Jacquemyn, V Merckx, R Brys, D Tyteca, BPA Cammue, O Honnay, ... New Phytologist 192 (2), 518-528, 2011 | 176 | 2011 |
| Taxonomy and classification VSFT Merckx, JV Freudenstein, J Kissling, MJM Christenhusz, RE Stotler, ... Mycoheterotrophy: the biology of plants living on fungi, 19-101, 2013 | 169 | 2013 |
| Plastomes on the edge: the evolutionary breakdown of mycoheterotroph plastid genomes SW Graham, VKY Lam, VSFT Merckx New Phytologist 214 (1), 48-55, 2017 | 161 | 2017 |
| Coexisting orchid species have distinct mycorrhizal communities and display strong spatial segregation H Jacquemyn, R Brys, VSFT Merckx, M Waud, B Lievens, T Wiegand New Phytologist 202 (2), 616-627, 2014 | 131 | 2014 |
| Myco-heterotrophy: when fungi host plants V Merckx, MI Bidartondo, NA Hynson Annals of Botany 104 (7), 1255-1261, 2009 | 124 | 2009 |
| Phylogeny and evolution of Burmanniaceae (Dioscoreales) based on nuclear and mitochondrial data V Merckx, P Schols, HM de Kamer, P Maas, S Huysmans, E Smets American Journal of Botany 93 (11), 1684-1698, 2006 | 123 | 2006 |
| Breakdown and delayed cospeciation in the arbuscular mycorrhizal mutualism V Merckx, MI Bidartondo Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1638), 1029-1035, 2008 | 108 | 2008 |
| Evolution of mycoheterotrophy in plants: a phylogenetic perspective V Merckx, JV Freudenstein New Phytologist, 605-609, 2010 | 103 | 2010 |
| Evolutionary dynamics of mycorrhizal symbiosis in land plant diversification FAA Feijen, RA Vos, J Nuytinck, VSFT Merckx Scientific Reports 8 (1), 1-7, 2018 | 98 | 2018 |
| Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms AR Zuntini, T Carruthers, O Maurin, PC Bailey, K Leempoel, GE Brewer, ... Nature, 1-8, 2024 | 94 | 2024 |
| Diversification of myco-heterotrophic angiosperms: evidence from Burmanniaceae V Merckx, LW Chatrou, B Lemaire, MN Sainge, S Huysmans, EF Smets BMC Evolutionary Biology 8, 1-16, 2008 | 86 | 2008 |
| Mycorrhizal diversity, seed germination and long‐term changes in population size across nine populations of the terrestrial orchid Neottia ovata H Jacquemyn, M Waud, VSFT Merckx, B Lievens, R Brys Molecular Ecology 24 (13), 3269-3280, 2015 | 83 | 2015 |
| Mycoheterotrophic interactions are not limited to a narrow phylogenetic range of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi VSFT Merckx, SB Janssens, NA Hynson, CD Specht, TD Bruns, EF Smets Molecular Ecology 21 (6), 1524-1532, 2012 | 82 | 2012 |
| Mycorrhizal symbioses and the evolution of trophic modes in plants H Jacquemyn, VSFT Merckx Journal of Ecology 107 (4), 1567-1581, 2019 | 81 | 2019 |
