Peperomia bracteispica
A small, hairless, creeping-then-ascending epiphyte from the Peruvian Andes with obovate leaves about 10 × 5 mm in whorls of three. It is known from only a handful of specimens, from about 1950 m near Nuña (Huánuco) and 2850 m on Puma-urcu above Chachapoyas, where it was noted as a low epiphyte, so treat it as a cool cloud-forest plant. Very little is recorded beyond the original description.
Where it grows wild
Montane cloud forest on the eastern Andes of Peru. A 1962 specimen from the upper slopes of Puma-urcu, east-southeast of Chachapoyas, is labelled 'low epiphyte'; the type came from near Nuña in Huánuco. It grows low on mossy trunks and branches.
Type near Nuña at about 1950 m; the Chachapoyas specimen at 2850 m. Our measured dataset had no usable wild records.
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