Antonina Borissova
Antonina Georgievna Borissova was a Russian 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 .
- Rhodiola rosea L. subsp. arctica Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Rhodiola coccinea Boriss.
- Rhodiola heterodonta Boriss.
- Rhodiola iremelica Boriss.
- Rhodiola komarovii Boriss.
- Rhodiola linearifolia Boriss.
- Rhodiola pamiroalaica Boriss.
- Rhodiola pinnatifida Boriss.
- Rhodiola recticaulis Boriss.
- Hyssopus cuspidatus Boriss..
- Hyssopus tianschanicus Boriss.
- Astragalus inopinatus Boriss.
These species of succulent are named in her honour:
