Antonina Borissova
# 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.

## 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
