[1] It just contains one species, Neomortonia rosea Wiehler [2] Its native range is Costa Rica to Ecuador.

[2] The genus name of Neomortonia is in honour of Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972), an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns.

He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.

[3] The Latin specific epithet of rosea refers to being rose-like.

[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Selbyana Vol.1 on page 17 in 1975.