| Gerbera jamesonii | |
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| Gerbera jamesonii from Mpumalanga | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Gerbera |
| Species: | G. jamesonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerbera jamesonii | |
Gerbera jamesonii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Gerbera belonging to the basal Mutisieae tribe within the large Asteraceae (or Compositae) family.[1] It is indigenous to South Eastern Africa and commonly known as the Barberton daisy,[2] the Transvaal daisy, and as Barbertonse madeliefie or Rooigousblom in Afrikaans. It was the first species of Gerbera to be the subject of a scientific description, studied by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889.
- ^ "Gerbera jamesonii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
- ^ Siyabona Africa http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_barberton_daisy.html