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Begonia cucullata

Wax begonia

Begonia cucullata, also known as wax begonia and clubed begonia, is a species of the Begoniaceae that is native to South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. A common garden plant and part of the section Begonia, it was described in 1805 by Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812). The specific epithet "cucullata" means "resembling a hood" or "hooded".

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Where documented · 48 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 128 · GBIF 69 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 16 · GBIF 12 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 7 ✓
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 5
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlae · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 3
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Hanawana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keonepokoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Panaʻewa · MauiiNat 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1
Honalo, Māʻihi 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kapaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1