In the January 1999 issue of New Phytologist, we published the research paper entitled ‘The effect of light on the growth and reproduction of Floerkea proserpinacoides’ by Margaret F. McKenna and Gilles Houle (New Phytol. (1999) 141, 99–108). Since its publication, the authors have identified two important errors in the text. First, values given for leaf area ratio (LAR) and specific leaf area (SLA) have been given erroneously in units of cm2 g−1; the correct units are cm2 mg−1. Second, the values for unit leaf rate (ULR) have been given incorrectly as tenfold lower than they should be; these should be multiplied by ten to give the correct values in mg m−2 d−1.

We apologise to our readers for these mistakes.