Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes


Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes was a German archaeologist and botanist specialist of Aizoaceae.

Works

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 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 1926 by Schwantes.

Publications

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.