Antonina Borissova
Antonina Borissova | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1903 |
| Died | 1970 (aged 66–67) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Known for | Central Asian flora |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
Antonina Georgievna Borissova (1903–1970) 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.[1]
Plants[]
Among the plants she identified are:
- Rhodiola arctica Boriss.= de Rhodiola rosea (L.) (planta de la estepa rusa, que potencia el organismo, y en particular la actividad reproductiva). (Crassulaceae)
- (Boriss.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- (Royle) Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
- (Hook.f. & Thomson) Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
- Rhodiola iremelica Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
- Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
- Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
- Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
- Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
- Boriss. (Crassulaceae)
- Boriss. (Lamiaceae).
- Boriss. (Lamiaceae)
- Mentha alaica Boriss. (Lamiaceae)
- Mentha darvasica Boriss. (Lamiaceae)
- Mentha pamiroalaica Boriss. (Lamiaceae)
- Boriss. (Fabaceae)
These species of succulent are named in her honour:
- 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.
- ^ IPNI. Boriss.
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