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. [1]
The first specimens where collected at 1500 metres elevation on Antioquia.[2]
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.[2]
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 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. It grows on epiphyte environment and is a herb.[2]