Prunus × blireiana (or blireana), the purple-leafed plum[1] or double-flowering plum,[2] is an ornamental flowering plant hybrid in the genus Prunus. It is a cross between the Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) and the purple-leaved plum cultivar Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii'.[1][3]
| Prunus × blireiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. × blireiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus × blireiana | |
Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and broad, it is a hardy deciduous 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.[4]
Etymology
The plant was named for the town of Bléré, near Tours, France, and raised by the Lemoine nursery c. 1905. [5]
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)
References
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