Peperomia chanchamayana 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.
The type specimen were collected near Chanchamayo Valley, Peru at an altitude of 1200 meters.
Peperomia chanchamayana is a moderately small, epiphytic herb with a rhizome. It is unbranched and completely glabrous, with a stem about 2 mm thick. The alternate leaves are ovate to lanceolate, pointed at both ends, and 2.5âÂÂ3.5 cm long by 1âÂÂ1.5 cm wide. They are 3-nerved (or obscurely 5-nerved), paler on the underside, and somewhat leathery with a slightly crisp-revolute margin. The clasping petiole is about 1 cm long. The terminal spikes are 60âÂÂ90 mm long and 1 mm thick, densely flowered, with very short pseudopedicels, and are borne on a 5 mm peduncle. The berries are subglobose with an oblique apiculus and have a subapical stigma.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by Carlos Schunke. It got its name from the location where the type specimen was collected.
It is endemic in Peru. It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.