[5][6] The species was originally named by a botanist friend of Matuda, Yoshimatsu Yamamoto (1893-1947),[7] in 1925–1926, but then published in 1936.

The flowers of M. yamamotoi attract a variety of insects ranging from wasps to flies and beetles.

[5] The plant is endemic to tropical and subtropical forest regions such as southeast Asia and Japan.

[9] Several orthographic variants of the name Mitrastemon exist, including Mitrastema and Mitrastemma.

The plant is observed only during the winter season and it completes its visible life cycle from November to April (Mir et al., 2016).

[12] There are two known species;[12][13] Mitrastemon yamamotoi is distributed in tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia and Japan.