ALIEN FERNS IN HAWAI'I

I am indebted to Joan Aidem, Brian Aikins, Bob Gustafson, Derral Herbst, Robert Hobdy, William Hoe, Tim Flynn, Clyde Imada, Art Medeiros, Dan Palmer, Warren Herb Wagner, Jr., and Brad Waters for assistance in the field and for information on the occurrence and distribution of many of the naturalized fern species in Hawai'i. Barbara Joe Hoshizaki, David Johnson, Thomas A. Lumpkin, Jane Medler, Alan R. Smith, George Staples, W. R. Sykes and Iván Valdespino have provided valuable help during the course of this study. I especially want to thank Jim Dole, Clyde Imada and Alan R. Smith for their helpful editorial counsel. Marianne D. Wallace has been most generous in the preparation of the illustrations. I am grateful to following herbaria for allowing me the use of their collections and facilities: B. P. Bishop Museum (BISH), Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (HVNP), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LAM), California State University, Northridge (SFV), Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSA), and University of California at Berkeley (UC).