Antonina Borissova

Russian botanist

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.^[1]

The standard author abbreviation Boriss. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

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

References

^ Lindon, Heather L.; Gardiner, Lauren M.; Brady, Abigail; Vorontsova, Maria S. (5 May 2015). "Fewer than three percent of land plant species named by women: Author gender over 260 years". Taxon. 64 (2): 209–215. doi:10.12705/642.4.
^ International Plant Names Index. Boriss.