Peperomia pontina 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 Perené, Peru at an altitude of 700 meters above sea level.
Peperomia pontina is a creeping, interwoven, epiphytic herb with slender stems. The stems, petioles, and leaf nerves on the underside are more or less covered in crisp villous hairs. The alternate leaves are round-cordate, bluntly subacuminate, measuring 10âÂÂ25 mm in both length and width. They are 7-nerved, green, and purplish in color. The petiole is 5âÂÂ10 mm long. The (apparently axillary) spikes are 20 mm long and 1 mm thick, with a filiform peduncle 10âÂÂ15 mm long.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip & Albert Charles Smith.
The epithet is Latin for "of the bridge," referring to the type locality situated near the Perené Bridge in the Paucartambo Valley.
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.