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|accepted_name=Begonia cucullata
|accepted_authority=Willdenow
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|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=4: 414. 1805
|year=1805
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|common_names=Wax begonia
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|hierarchy=Begoniaceae;Begonia;Begonia cucullata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Begoniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Begonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Begonia cucullata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 62
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial (rhizomatous), usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy. <b>Stems</b> [10–]30–70[–100] cm. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules lanceolate to oblong, 7–19 × 3–6 mm; petiole 5–46 mm, glabrous; blade asymmetric, ovate to ± reniform, (28–)46–72[–80] × (28–)33–85 mm, base cuneate on shorter side, usually rounded on longer one, margins not lobed, crenate, teeth apices setose, otherwise eciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous (or glabrate to sparsely hairy in Alabama specimens). <b>Peduncles</b> 22–75 mm (in fruit); bracts lanceolate to ovate. <b>Flowers</b> white to pink; staminate: tepals 4, outer 2 (sepals) suborbiculate or reniform, 7–10 mm, inner 2 (petals) narrowly obovate, 5–7 mm; stamens 24–33; pistillate: tepals 4 or 5, obovate, 6–9 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 8–15 × 6–12 mm, larger wings deltate-rounded, 10–17 mm wide, smaller 3.5–5 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 34, 56 (South America).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Along streams in swamps, floodplain woodlands, cabbage palmetto hummocks, wet ditches, wet and mucky soil, often in shade
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Begonia cucullata</i> is found throughout Florida and recently has been collected in nearby Alabama (Conecuh County). The Alabama plants are typical of this species except that the leaves and petioles are glabrate to sparsely hairy; it may require further study. The distinction between varieties is not always clear (B. G. Schubert 1954) and they are not recognized here. Florida specimens often are treated as <i></i></i>var.<i><i> hookeri</i> (de Candolle) L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, a name that has been put in synonymy of var. cucullata (L. B. Smith et al. 1986). From the morphologic variation observed, it is possible that this species escaped repeatedly from cultivation. It appears to be able to produce abundant seeds; capsules are regularly found on specimens and sometimes are abundant. Known horticulturally as B. semperflorens, <i>B. cucullata</i> has played an important role in ornamental horticulture.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=schubert1954a
|text=Schubert, B. G. 1954. Begonia cucullata and its varieties. Natl. Hort. Mag. 1954(Oct.): 244–248.
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|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Begoniaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Along streams in swamps, floodplain woodlands, cabbage palmetto hummocks, wet ditches, wet and mucky soil, often in shade
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=schubert1954a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Introduced
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|genus=Begonia
|species=Begonia cucullata
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