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