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h-index: 36
Works: 106
Citations: 4,909

Most-cited papers

FungalRoot: Global online database of plant mycorrhizal associations
N. Soudzilovskaia, Stijn Vaessen, Milargos Barcelo, Jinhong He +6 more
2019bioRxiv405 citations Open access
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Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms
A. Zuntini, Tom Carruthers, Olivier Maurin, P. Bailey +275 more
2024Nature349 citations Open access
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Evolution of endemism on a young tropical mountain
V. Merckx, K. Hendriks, K. Beentjes, C. Mennes +51 more
2015Nature282 citations Open access
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The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi
M. Bidartondo, D. Read, J. Trappe, V. Merckx +2 more
2011Biology Letters255 citations Open access
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The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness.
L. Carvalheiro, J. Biesmeijer, G. Benadi, J. Fründ +33 more
2014Ecology Letters237 citations Open access
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Mycoheterotrophy : the biology of plants living on fungi
V. Merckx
2013196 citations
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Rapid radiation of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) during Pliocene and Pleistocene: result of a global climate change.
S. Janssens, E. Knox, S. Huysmans, E. Smets +1 more
2009Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution191 citations
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Plastomes on the edge: the evolutionary breakdown of mycoheterotroph plastid genomes.
S. Graham, Vivienne K. Y. Lam, V. Merckx
2017New Phytologist163 citations Open access
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Analysis of network architecture reveals phylogenetic constraints on mycorrhizal specificity in the genus Orchis (Orchidaceae).
H. Jacquemyn, V. Merckx, R. Brys, D. Tyteca +3 more
2011New Phytologist153 citations Open access
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Coexisting orchid species have distinct mycorrhizal communities and display strong spatial segregation.
H. Jacquemyn, R. Brys, V. Merckx, M. Waud +2 more
2014New Phytologist108 citations
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Evolution of mycoheterotrophy in plants: a phylogenetic perspective.
V. Merckx, J. Freudenstein
2010New Phytologist105 citations Open access
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Mycoheterotrophy: An Introduction
V. Merckx
2013104 citations
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Breakdown and delayed cospeciation in the arbuscular mycorrhizal mutualism
V. Merckx, M. Bidartondo
2008Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences103 citations Open access
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Myco-heterotrophy: when fungi host plants.
V. Merckx, M. Bidartondo, Nicole A. Hynson
2009Annals of Botany102 citations Open access
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Mycorrhizal symbioses and the evolution of trophic modes in plants
H. Jacquemyn, V. Merckx
2019Journal of Ecology82 citations Open access
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Diversification of myco-heterotrophic angiosperms: Evidence from Burmanniaceae
V. Merckx, L. Chatrou, Benny Lemaire, M. Sainge +2 more
2008BMC Evolutionary Biology79 citations Open access
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Evolutionary dynamics of mycorrhizal symbiosis in land plant diversification
Frida A A Feijen, R. Vos, J. Nuytinck, V. Merckx
2017Scientific Reports78 citations Open access
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Taxonomy and Classification
V. Merckx, J. Freudenstein, J. Kissling, M. J. Christenhusz +6 more
201376 citations
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Mycorrhizal diversity, seed germination and long‐term changes in population size across nine populations of the terrestrial orchid Neottia ovata
H. Jacquemyn, M. Waud, V. Merckx, B. Lievens +1 more
2015Molecular Ecology68 citations
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A large-scale species level dated angiosperm phylogeny for evolutionary and ecological analyses
S. Janssens, T. Couvreur, A. Mertens, Gilles Dauby +17 more
2019bioRxiv65 citations Open access
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15N and 13C natural abundance of two mycoheterotrophic and a putative partially mycoheterotrophic species associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
V. Merckx, Marcus Stöckel, A. Fleischmann, T. Bruns +1 more
2010New Phytologist65 citations
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Evolution and Diversification
V. Merckx, C. Mennes, K. Peay, J. Geml
201364 citations
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Bias and conflict in phylogenetic inference of myco‐heterotrophic plants: a case study in Thismiaceae
V. Merckx, F. Bakker, S. Huysmans, E. Smets
2009Cladistics62 citations Open access
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Habitat-driven variation in mycorrhizal communities in the terrestrial orchid genus Dactylorhiza
H. Jacquemyn, M. Waud, V. Merckx, R. Brys +3 more
2016Scientific Reports61 citations Open access
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Identities and distributions of the co-invading ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts of exotic pines in the Hawaiian Islands
Nicole A. Hynson, V. Merckx, B. Perry, K. Treseder
2013Biological Invasions61 citations Open access
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Mycoheterotrophic interactions are not limited to a narrow phylogenetic range of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
V. Merckx, S. Janssens, Nicole A. Hynson, C. Specht +2 more
2012Molecular Ecology61 citations
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Ancient Gondwana break‐up explains the distribution of the mycoheterotrophic family Corsiaceae (Liliales)
C. Mennes, Vivienne K. Y. Lam, P. Rudall, S. Lyon +3 more
201553 citations Open access
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Bacterial Leaf Symbiosis in Angiosperms: Host Specificity without Co-Speciation
Benny Lemaire, P. Vandamme, V. Merckx, E. Smets +1 more
2011PLoS ONE50 citations Open access
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Phylogenomic inference in extremis: A case study with mycoheterotroph plastomes.
Vivienne K. Y. Lam, Hayley Darby, V. Merckx, G. Lim +7 more
2018American-Eurasian journal of botany49 citations Open access
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New insights in the long-debated evolutionary history of Triuridaceae (Pandanales).
C. Mennes, E. Smets, S. Moses, V. Merckx
2013Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution49 citations
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Symbiont switching and trophic mode shifts in Orchidaceae
Deyi Wang, H. Jacquemyn, S. I. Gomes, R. Vos +1 more
2021New Phytologist48 citations Open access
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Biogeography and Conservation
V. Merckx, E. Smets, C. Specht
201345 citations
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Phylogenetic relationships of the mycoheterotrophic genus Voyria and the implications for the biogeographic history of Gentianaceae.
V. Merckx, J. Kissling, Heiko Hentrich, S. Janssens +3 more
2013American-Eurasian journal of botany44 citations
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Rate accelerations in nuclear 18S rDNA of mycoheterotrophic and parasitic angiosperms
Benny Lemaire, S. Huysmans, E. Smets, V. Merckx
2010Journal of plant research44 citations Open access
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Thismia americana, the 101st Anniversary of a Botanical Mystery
V. Merckx, E. Smets
2014INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PLANT SCIENCES37 citations
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Scalariform-to-simple transition in vessel perforation plates triggered by differences in climate during the evolution of Adoxaceae
F. Lens, R. Vos, G. Charrier, T. van der Niet +8 more
2016Annals of Botany36 citations Open access
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Dated Phylogenies of the Sister Genera Macaranga and Mallotus (Euphorbiaceae): Congruence in Historical Biogeographic Patterns?
P. C. van Welzen, J. Strijk, J. V. K. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, M. Nucete +1 more
2014PLoS ONE35 citations Open access
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Mycoheterotrophic plants living on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are generally enriched in 13C, 15N and 2H isotopes
Sofia I. Fernandes Gomes, V. Merckx, J. Kehl, G. Gebauer
2020Journal of Ecology34 citations Open access
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Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web
V. Merckx, S. I. Gomes, De-Yi Wang, Cas Verbeek +4 more
2024Nature Plants32 citations Open access
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Phylogenetics of the mycoheterotrophic genus Thismia (Thismiaceae: Dioscoreales) with a focus on the Old World taxa: delineation of novel natural groups and insights into the evolution of morphological traits
E. Shepeleva, M. Schelkunov, M. Hroneš, M. Sochor +11 more
202030 citations
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The biogeographical history of the interaction between mycoheterotrophic Thismia (Thismiaceae) plants and mycorrhizal Rhizophagus (Glomeraceae) fungi
V. Merckx, S. I. Gomes, M. Wapstra, C. Hunt +7 more
201729 citations Open access
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A few-gene plastid phylogenetic framework for mycoheterotrophic monocots.
Vivienne K. Y. Lam, V. Merckx, S. Graham
2016American-Eurasian journal of botany29 citations Open access
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15 N and 13 C natural abundance of two mycoheterotrophic and a putative partially mycoheterotrophic species associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
V. Merckx, Marcus Stöckel, A. Fleischmann, T. Bruns +1 more
201028 citations
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Mitochondrial genomic data are effective at placing mycoheterotrophic lineages in plant phylogeny
Qian-Shi Lin, T. Braukmann, Marybel Soto Gomez, J. Mayer +4 more
2022New Phytologist26 citations
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Fungal diversity driven by bark features affects phorophyte preference in epiphytic orchids from southern China
L. Pecoraro, H. Rasmussen, S. I. Gomes, Xiao Wang +3 more
2021Scientific Reports26 citations Open access
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Environmental drivers for cheaters of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tropical rainforests
S. I. Gomes, P. V. van Bodegom, V. Merckx, N. Soudzilovskaia
2019New Phytologist25 citations Open access
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Dark septate endophytes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ( Paris ‐morphotype) affect the stable isotope composition of ‘classically’ non‐mycorrhizal plants
P. Giesemann, D. Eichenberg, Marcus Stöckel, Lukas Seifert +3 more
2020Functional Ecology24 citations Open access
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Temporal and palaeoclimatic context of the evolution of insular woodiness in the Canary Islands
Alexander Hooft van Huysduynen, S. Janssens, V. Merckx, R. Vos +13 more
2021Ecology and Evolution23 citations Open access
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Mycoheterotrophic Epirixanthes (Polygalaceae) has a typical angiosperm mitogenome but unorthodox plastid genomes
G. Petersen, Hayley Darby, Vivienne K. Y. Lam, H. Æ. Pedersen +4 more
2019Annals of Botany20 citations Open access
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Global distribution patterns of mycoheterotrophy
S. I. Gomes, P. V. van Bodegom, V. Merckx, N. Soudzilovskaia
2019Global Ecology and Biogeography20 citations Open access
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