Many of the species within this genus are endemic to high-elevation areas in Western China,[2] although some are native to other parts of Asia.

[3] including north-central and southern China, Indochina, and the eastern Himalayas.

[1] It is a rosette-forming genus that generally grows on wet mossy rocks or forests.

[2][3] The genus was discovered in China by Augustine Henry and was first described in 1887 by Daniel Oliver (Prof. of Botany, University College, London).

[1] This Gesneriaceae article is a stub.