Peperomia tenuilimba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: | Peperomia |
Species: | P. tenuilimba
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Binomial name | |
Peperomia tenuilimba | |
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Peperomia tenuilimba is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia. [1] [2] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. [1] Its conservation status is Threatened but with low confidence. [3]
The first specimens where collected at 1500 metres elevation on Antioquia. [4]
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. [4]
It was described in 1905 by Casimir de Candolle in " Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg .", from collected specimens by Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule in 1901. [1] [5] It gets its name from Tenui + limba, which means "Tiny limb".
It is endemic to South America, but primarily grows in Colombia. Its native distribution in Colombia is 1500-3000 metres in the Andes. [1] [2] It grows on epiphyte environment and is a herb. [4]