Peperomia versicolor is a species of epiphyte or lithophyte from the genus Peperomia. It grows in wet tropical biomes. It was discovered by William Trelease and published the species in the book "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 200. 1929". First-ever specimens were founded in Costa Rica and 1926. versicolor means particolored or changes its color. Distribution Peperomia versicolor is native from Nicaragua to Ecuador. Specimens can be collected at an elevation of 780 - 2000 meters. Costa Rica Cartago Reventazón River Alajuela San Carlos Fortuna San Ramón Angeles Upala Aguas Claras Limón Siquirres Florida Puntarenas Golfito Jiménez San José Pérez Zeledón Rivas Colombia Antioquia Sopetrán Jardín Frontino Urrao Envigado Campamento Amalfi Valle del Cauca Yotoco Restrepo Santander Encino Nariño Barbacoas Altaquer Risaralda Pereira Meta La Macarena Panama Coclé Chiriquí Ecuador Manabi Flavio Alfaro Zamora-Chinchipe Napo Carchi Pichincha Nicaragua Granada Estelí Jinotega Bocay Río San Juan Matagalpa Atlántico Norte Belize Toledo Peperomia niveo-punctulata Costa Rica Limón Peperomia pilulifera Costa Rica Limón Description It is a small stoloniferous-erect glabrous epiphytic herb. Its stem is 2 millimeters thick with short internodes. Leaves alternate, they are lance-shaped and acute at both ends. It is 5-nerved, thin-leathered, opaque, and purple-red beneath. Its petioles are 3 millimeters long. It has terminal spikes and axillary and a peduncle that is 5 millimeters long, leaves are round-peltate. Subtaxa The following are recognized as synonyms. Peperomia niveopunctulata Peperomia pilulifera References versicolor Flora of Costa Rica Flora of Ecuador Flora of Nicaragua Flora of Colombia Flora of Belize Flora of Honduras Plants described in 1929 Taxa named by William Trelease