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Bakeridesia gaumeri

Bakeridesia gaumeri
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0

Bakeridesia gaumeri is a little-studied shrub or small tree from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and Honduras, with no common English name. It is not a widely grown garden plant, so care advice is limited; it is best suited to warm, seasonally dry tropical conditions.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained soil or potting mix
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Mexico, Honduras
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Bakeridesia gaumeri, with no English name, is a species of bush or small tree native to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Honduras. It belongs the family Malvaceae.

Where it grows

Bakeridesia gaumeri is native to southeastern Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, with a disjunct population in Honduras.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bakeridesia gaumeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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