Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes

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

[citation needed] 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.

[citation needed] The genus name Schwantesia is in honour of Gustav Schwantes.

Astridia is a genus of plant named after Schwantes' wife, Astrid.

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