Peperomia pichisensis is a species of terrestrial or 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 Pichis Trail, Peru at an altitude of 2550 meters above sea level.
Peperomia pichisensis is a small, creeping, epiphytic herb with erect branches and a slender stem covered in minute, soft villous hairs. The alternate leaves are rounded, round-obovate, or elliptic, obtuse, with an acute base, measuring 5âÂÂ14 mm long and 5âÂÂ7 mm wide. They are crisp-subvillous above, obscurely 3-nerved. The glabrous petiole is 3âÂÂ5 mm long. The terminal spikes are 30âÂÂ40 mm long and 1 mm thick, with a very short peduncle.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by James Francis Macbride.
The epithet pichisensis is derived from the type locality.
It is native to Peru. It grows as a terrestrial or epiphytic herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.