Published in Miq. (n.d.). In: Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Ser. 2, 2: 83. (1866 Publ. 1868).
The native range of this species is Central & S. China, Central & S. Japan, Taiwan. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.