Peperomia rhombilimba
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| Peperomia rhombilimba | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. rhombilimba |
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| Peperomia rhombilimba | |
Peperomia rhombilimba is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The type specimen were collected near Aina, Peru at an altitude of 700-1000 meters.[4]
Peperomia rhombilimba is a medium-sized, ascending herb with a stem 2–3 mm thick, sparsely covered in crisp pubescence. The alternate leaves are rhombic (or lower leaves round-obovate), acute at both ends, measuring 5–6 cm long and 3.5 cm wide. They are somewhat pinnately 7-nerved, with crisp pubescence along the midrib. The slender petiole is 5–10 mm long. The terminal spikes are filiform, nearly 150 mm long, with pseudopedicels, and are borne on a peduncle 15–20 mm long. The berries are rounded and mucronate, with the stigma inserted obliquely in the mucro.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13, from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip & Albert Charles Smith.[5] The epithet rhombilimba combines rhombus (rhombic) and limbus (blade), referring to the rhombic shape of the leaf blade. [4]