Peperomia racemifolia is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Not Threatened.
Description The type specimen were collected near Puerto Bermúdez, Peru, at an altitude of .
Peperomia racemifolia is a simple, erect, glabrous herb with a stem 2–3 mm thick, leafless for toward the base. The few alternate leaves are crowded in the uppermost 2–3 cm of the stem. They are oblanceolate, bluntly acuminate, with a cuneate base, measuring 6–8 cm long and about 2 cm wide, and are pinnately nerved throughout. The slender petiole is 2 cm long. The terminal spikes are long and 1 mm thick, with somewhat spaced flowers, and are borne on a filiform peduncle 3 cm long. The rachis is obscurely somewhat puberulous.
Taxonomy and naming It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in , from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip and Albert Charles Smith. The specific epithet racemifolia is derived from the Latin and , referring to its leaf or flower arrangement.
Distribution and habitat It is endemic in Peru. It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
Conservation This species was assessed as Threatened in a preliminary report.
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