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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Cock'S-spur
| status = EN
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| phylum = [[Tracheophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Erythrina]]''
| species = '''''E. eggersii'''''
| binomial = ''Erythrina eggersii''
| binomial_authority = [[Krukoff]] & [[Moldenke]]
| synonyms = }}
'''''Erythrina eggersii''''' is a [[vine]] or [[tree]] in the [[Fabaceae]] family which is commonly known as '''Cock's-spur''', '''Espuelo De Gallo''', or '''Pinon Espinoso'''. It is native to [[Puerto Rico]] and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]], where it is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
==Source==
* [[World Conservation Monitoring Centre]] 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/34037/all Erythrina eggersii]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
[[Category:Erythrina]]
[[Category:Flora of Puerto Rico]]
{{Faboideae-stub}}