Stimpsonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Primulaceae.

[1] Its native range is from south eastern China to Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea and Taiwan in temperate eastern Asia.

[1] The genus name of Stimpsonia is in honour of William Stimpson (1832–1872), a noted American scientist, who was interested particularly in marine biology.

[2] It was first described and published in Mem.

Arts, n.s., Vol.6 on page 401 in 1859.