Antonina Borissova

Antonina Georgievna Borissova (1903–1970) was a Soviet botanist, specialising in the flora of the deserts and semi-desert of central Asia. Borissova authored 195 land plant species names, the ninth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Plants

Among the plants she identified are:

• Rhodiola arctica Boriss.= sin. de Rhodiola rosea (L.) (planta de la estepa rusa, que potencia el organismo, y en particular la actividad reproductiva). (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola rosea L. subsp. arctica (Boriss.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
• Rhodiola coccinea (Royle) Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola heterodonta (Hook.f. & Thomson) Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola iremelica Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola komarovii Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola linearifolia Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola pamiroalaica Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola pinnatifida Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola recticaulis Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
• Hyssopus cuspidatus Boriss. (Lamiaceae).
• Hyssopus tianschanicus Boriss. (Lamiaceae)
• Mentha alaica Boriss. (Lamiaceae)
• Mentha darvasica Boriss. (Lamiaceae)
• Mentha pamiroalaica Boriss. (Lamiaceae)
• Astragalus inopinatus Boriss. (Fabaceae)

These species of succulent are named in her honour:

• Sedum borissovae Balk.
• Sempervivum borissovae Wale 1946

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