Peperomia huantana is a species of epiphytic herb in the genus Peperomia that is native to Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.
The type specimen were collected at Huanta, Peru.
Peperomia huantana is a somewhat small, creeping, bark-dwelling herb with a stem about 1 mm thick, sparsely covered in crisp, somewhat villous hairs. The leaves are in whorls of 2âÂÂ4 at the nodes. They are rhombic-obovate to somewhat elliptic, obtuse, with an acute base, measuring 10âÂÂ15 mm long and 7âÂÂ10 mm wide. The underside is sparsely somewhat villous and paler, and the leaves dry to a thin, opaque texture. The petiole is 2âÂÂ3 mm long. The (apparently terminal) spikes are filiform, 60 mm long, and borne on a 20 mm peduncle. The berries are ovoid, pointed, and bear a pseudocupula, with an apical stigma.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip & Albert Charles Smith.
The epithet huantana is derived from the type locality in the Huanta, Peru.
It is native to Peru. It grows as an epiphytic herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.