The genera name means 'pepper-like', not as to appearance but as to kinship. The species name refers to the habitat where the type collection was made, hidden in the deep shade of a cave entrance. ')Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016 is Peperomiaceae now part of the Piperaceae. Caudex by Diego Manzano Méndez, Inaturalist.ca. Habitat by Guido Mathieu.

