from Barberton, a town in Mpumulanga Province, South Africa
gerbera in British English
(ˈdʒɜːbərə)
noun
any plant of the perennial genus Gerbera, esp the Barberton daisy from S Africa, G. jamesonii, grown, usually as a greenhouse plant, for its large brightly coloured daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae
Word origin
named after Traugott Gerber (died 1743), German naturalist