Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Specific Epithet
pernambucensis
Authorship
Miq.
2/15/2002
Location
Costa Rica, Heredia
10.146972, -83.946167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.
Collectors
No collectors specified
3/17/2006
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios
-1.645556, -79.332778
Location Remarks
Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre. 164-400 m elev.
Collectors
Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph
Notes
Epiphytic with upward-creeping stems; spikes branched once, main axis dull red.