The first specimens where collected in
Morelos, Mexico.
Peperomia tepoztecoana is a
glabrous robust
herb up to 25 cm tall in a vegetative state. Its
tubers are 7 cm long and 3 cm wide. The tubers root at the base, with several contorted trunk-like outgrowths at the tip of the tuber reaching up to 18 cm long and 1 cm wide with distinct distal petiole scars. The
leaves and
inflorescences of the tuber are at the tip or body of the trucks. There are 1-10 leaves per plant. Its
petioles on the leaves are 5-10 cm x 2-4 mm. The
stamen is chartaceous and rarely orbicular up to 10 cm long and 7 cm wide. Its peltate is 1/4 - 1/3 of the leaf length from the base. The tip is obtuse. The base is rounded, 10-palmatinerved, glossy green to slightly whitish green adaxially. There are 1-10
spadices per plant, with its
peduncles being 4-7 cm tall. The
rachis are 7-12 cm tall densely flowered. Its floral
bracts are orbicular to elliptic, with it being 0.8-1 mm long. The stems have filaments up to 0.4-0.7 mm long. The
anthers are 0.4 mm long. The ovary is a long ellipsoid. It has a terminal
stigma. The
fruits is a 0.7-0.9 - 0.5-0.6 mm long ellipsoid that is shortly pedicellate. This species resemble similar structures in
Peperomia chutanka, but its species tend to be more numerous and more branched. The leaves of
P. Chutanka are usually a little smaller and rather orbicular to elliptic than ovate, and differ in the violet abaxial side. The petiole in this species is widest at the base whereas it is widest at the tip in
P. chutanka. The reticulate fruit of this species is not reported in
P. chutanka. The latter species prefers exposed, dry rock walls where it occurs often together with lichens while this species prefers the shady rock walls of deep canyons. ==Taxonomy and Naming==