Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes

Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes (18 September 1881 near Hanover – 1960 in Hamburg) was a German archaeologist and botanist specialist of Aizoaceae (Mesembryanthemaceae).

The Duvensee paddle is the preserved part of a Mesolithic spade paddle, which was found during archaeological excavations of a Mesolithic dwelling area at Duvensee near Klinkrade (Herzogtum Lauenburg) Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 1926 by Schwantes.

The genus name Schwantesia is in honor of Gustav Schwantes. Astridia is a genus of plant named after Schwantes' wife, Astrid. Lithops schwantesii is a species name given as another tribute.

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