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Antonina Borissova
Born 1903 (1903)
Died 1970 (aged 66–67)
Nationality Soviet
Known for Central Asian flora
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Author abbrev. (botany) Boriss.

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.

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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