Peperomia rhombilimba is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.
Description The type specimen were collected near Aina, Peru at an altitude of 700-1000 meters.
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.
Taxonomy and naming It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in , from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip & Albert Charles Smith. The epithet rhombilimba combines rhombus (rhombic) and limbus (blade), referring to the rhombic shape of the leaf blade.
Distribution and habitat It is endemic in Peru. It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
Conservation Its conservation status is Threatened.
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