Peperomia tutunendoana is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia. It was first described by William Trelease & Truman G. Yuncker and published in the book "The Piperaceae of northern South America 2: 660, f. 577. 1950". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. The species name came from Tutunendo, where first specimens of this species were collected. It is used as medication and has environmental uses.
Distribution It is endemic to Colombia and Peru. First specimens where found at an altitude of 80 meters in Tutunendo.
Colombia Antioquia Rionegro Dabeiba Jardín Tarazá Chocó San José del Palmar Quibdó Acandí Nóvita Cundinamarca Peru San Martín
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