The phylogeny of the Gerbera‐complex (Compositae, tribe Mutisieae, subtribe Mutisiinae) is discussed with the use of cladistics. 14 OTUs are accepted, viz. 1.Trichoclines. str., 2.Lulia, 3.Trichocline spathulata (“Amblysperma”), 4.Gerbera hieracioides, 5. Chaptalia, 6.Leibnitzia, 7.Uechtritzia, 8.Perdicium, 9.Gerberasect.Gerbera, 10.Gerberasect.Parva, 11.Gerberasect.Lasiopus, 12.Gerberasect.Piloselloides, 13.Gerberasect.Pseudoseris, and 14.Gerberasect.Isanthus.The work is mainly based on SEM‐studies. The paper discusses the phylogenetic and taxonomic implications of the presented consensus‐tree. It is proposed to rank theGerbera‐complexas a single,