Begonia 'Autumn Crinkle' is a rhizomatous hybrid Begonia. Its leaves not only come in a variety of autumn colours: red, orange, burgundy, chocolate and every color in between, but are also characteristically undulate, or 'crinkled', hence the name.

Genus name was established in mid 18th century: modern Latin, named in honour of the French administrator and amateur botanist Michel Bégon (1638–1710) by the botanist Charles Plumier (1646–1704), who discovered the plant on the island of Santo Domingo.