Peperomia tenuilimba


Peperomia tenuilimba is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened but with low confidence.

Description

The first specimens where collected at 1500 metres elevation on Antioquia.
Change of leaves glabrous on both sides, juniors above and below the principal veins of a leaf, sparsely pubescent, dry, skin-like, sub-pellucid, 7-nerved, catkins opposite, isolated, leaves equal to densiflora, petiolate, subelliptic-lanceolate, apex acute, base subducting into the petiole, rachis foveolate, subglobose fruit, ovary submerged, oval, top flattened, stigmatiferous.

Taxonomy and naming

It was described in 1905 by Casimir de Candolle in ".", from collected specimens by Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule in 1901. It gets its name from + limba, which means "Tiny limb".

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to South America, but primarily grows in Colombia. Its native distribution in Colombia is 1500-3000 metres in the Andes. It grows on epiphyte environment and is a herb.