Antonina Borissova
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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.[1]
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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