Peperomia praeruptorum 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 RÃÂo Yanamayo, Peru at an altitude of 2200-2400 meters above sea level.
Peperomia praeruptorum is a rather large, more or less branched, somewhat erect, rock-dwelling herb with a stem 1âÂÂ3 mm thick, sparsely covered in crisp pilose hairs. The leaves are in whorls of 2âÂÂ4 at the nodes. They are elliptic, acute at both ends, measuring 2âÂÂ4 cm long and 1âÂÂ1.5 cm wide, 5-nerved, paler beneath, and somewhat loosely pubescent along the nerves. The crisp-pubescent petiole is 5âÂÂ15 mm long. The terminal and axillary spikes are 80âÂÂ100 mm long and 1 mm thick, with short pseudopedicels, and are borne on a filiform peduncle 1âÂÂ2 cm long. The berries are rounded-ovoid, pointed, with an apical stigma.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by Francis W. Pennell.
The epithet is derived from the Latin praeruptus (steep, precipitous), referring to the species' habitat on steep rock cliffs or bluffs.
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.