Antonina Borisova

Antonina Georgiyevna Borisova-Bekryasheva (transliterated from Cyrillic Антонина Георгиевна Борисова (1903-1970) was a Russian professor and botanist.

Biography

She was a Russian botanist who specialized in fungi and lichens. She specialized in the Flora of the steppes and deserts of Central Asia. She and she are a leading specialist in the Crassulaceae family.

The species carry their author abbreviation, among others:

• Rhodiola arctica Boriss. Rhodiola rosea (L.) (plant of Russian steppe, which enhances the agency, and in particular reproductive activity). (Crassulaceae)
• Rhodiola rosea L. subsp. arctic (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)
• Astragalus inopinatus Boriss. (Fabaceae)

Eponyms

Cactu species

• Sedum borissovae Balk.
• Sempervivum borissovae Wale 1946

Work

• Crassulaceae in Flora U.R.S.S. Boriss

Bibliography used

• Brummitt RK; Powell CE. 1992. Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4