Species of Peperomia (Piperaceae) from the Sana River Valley, Peru Author Pino Infante, Guillermo Eloy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-4219 Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesus Maria, Lima 15072, Peru & Sociedad Peruana de Cactaceas y Suculentas, Av. 6 de Agosto 1146, Jesus Maria, Lima 15072, Peru guillermo.pino@unmsm.edu.pe Author Samain, Marie-Stephanie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7530-9024 Instituto de Ecologia, A. C., Centro Regional del Bajio, Red de Diversidad Biologica del Occidente Mexicano, Av. Lazaro Cardenas 253, 61600 Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico Author Alban Castillo, Joaquina Adelaida https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4104-2912 Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesus Maria, Lima 15072, Peru Author Alomia Collazos, Luis Enrique Aaron https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3587-2055 Sociedad Peruana de Cactaceas y Suculentas, Av. 6 de Agosto 1146, Jesus Maria, Lima 15072, Peru text PhytoKeys 2023 2023-04-19 225 1 40 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.225.99277 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.225.99277 1314-2003-225-1 334931832DE7567B9355664883B9D258 7. Peperomia haematolepis Trel., Field. Mus. Pub. Bot. [Macbride] 13(2):52. 1936. Fig. 5D Type . Peru , dept. Junin , prov. Chanchamayo, dist. San Ramon : Hacienda Chalhuapuquio, Stevens 212 ( holotype : ILL) . Distribution and habitat. Plants are reported from Brazil, the Guyanas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru from 1000 to 2000 m, epiphytic in montane forests shaded by the canopy. Most of the collections in Peru are from the Amazon Basin; this is the first report for a Pacific Ocean draining Andean valley. Notes. This species belongs to Peperomia subg. Oxyrhynchum (Dahlst.) Samain ( Frenzke et al. 2015 ). Specimen examined. Peru, dept. Cajamarca, prov. Santa Cruz, dist. Catache : Upper Rio Zana Valley, ca. 5 km above Monteseco, on the path below the campsite, lower reaches of evergreen tropical montane forest, 1450 m, [ 06°51'10.8"S , 79°06'09.4"W ], 19 Mar 1986, M.O. Dillon & A. Sagastegui 4425 (US 3338748, F, GB 0167869, HUA 49003).