The first specimens where collected in Ecuador.
Peperomia trunciseda has leaves that are moderately
petiolate, elliptical, acute at base, and obtuse at apex. It has a shallow board notch that is
glabrous on both sides. It is 5-nerved, whose external nerves are often inconspicuous, with an end of the nerve running from the apex. The
axillary and terminal axillary
catkins are mature and sublaxiflorous. The
bract is circle-like. The
ovary has an obovate under apex bearing a small stigma. The
berry is subimmersed, hairless, ovate, and obliquely
rostellate at apex. It is an epiphytic herb. The ramulose stem is a dry leathery that is about 2 mm thick. The younger branches are minutely
pubescent and deglabrous. The sterile branchlets are rounded and fertile elliptic in dry membranous that is about 3 cm long and 2 cm wide. The petioles 1 cm long. Adult peduncles to 2 cm long. ==Taxonomy and Naming==