Peperomia juniniana is a species of epiphytic herb in the genus Peperomia that is native to Ecuador & Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.
The type specimen were collected at Chanchamayo Valley, Peru at an altitude of 1200 meters above sea level.
Peperomia juniniana is a medium-sized, branching herb with a stem 1âÂÂ3 mm thick that bears a transient crisp-villous indumentum. The alternate leaves are ovate, acuminate, with a shortly cordate base that is briefly cuneate within the sinus. They measure 4âÂÂ10 cm long and 3âÂÂ5 cm wide, with multiple pinnate nerves and a branched midrib. When dry, the leaves are thin, with a pale underside dotted with minute black glands, and the nerves are hirtellous. The crisp-hirtellous petiole is 1âÂÂ4 cm long. The axillary spikes, when young, are 65 mm long and 2 mm thick, densely flowered, and borne on a 1 cm long, hirtellous peduncle.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by Carlos Schunke.
The epithet is derived from the type locality where this species was first collected.
It is native to Ecuador & Peru. It grows as an epiphytic herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.