''Prunus'' × ''blireiana'' (or ''blireana''), the purple-leafed plum or double-flowering plum, is an ornamental flowering plant
hybrid
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in the genus ''
Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs from the family (biology), family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively Drupe, stonefruit). The genus has a cosm ...
''. It is a cross between the Chinese flowering plum (''
Prunus mume
''Prunus mume'', the Chinese plum or Japanese apricot, is a tree species in the family Rosaceae. Along with bamboo, the plant is intimately associated with art, literature, and everyday life in China, from where it was then introduced to Kor ...
'') and the purple-leaved plum
cultivar
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Prunus cerasifera
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''Prunus cerasifera'' is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum.
Growing to tall and broad, it is a hardy
deciduous
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medium-sized shrub or small tree, with rich pink, slightly scented, double blooms in Spring. The blossom is followed by reddish-purple tinged leaves which turn green as the season progresses.
Etymology
The plant was named for the town of
Bléré
Bléré () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Geography
Cultural surroundings
Bléré, in the administrative region of " Centre Val-de-Loire", is located 27 km from Tours, 225 km southwest of Paris, ...
, near
Tours
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...
, France, and raised by the Lemoine nursery c. 1905. Lemoine, E. (1906) Lemoine, Cat. No. 164: 14
Homotypic synonyms
''Prunus cerasifera'' var. ''blireana'' (André) Bean in Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 232 (1914)
''Prunus pissardii blireana'' (André) Lemoine in Nursery Cat. (Lemoine) 164: 14 (1906)
Heterotypic synonyms
''Prunus × blireana'' f. ''flore-pleno'' André in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 77: 392 (1905), not validly publ.
''Prunus × blireiana'' f. ''moseri'' (Rehder) Koehne in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 26: 71 (1917 publ. 1918)
''Prunus cerasifera'' var. ''moseri'' Rehder in Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 20: 405 (1905)