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Plant Profile

Cock's-spur (Erythrina eggersii)

This is a full shot of this small tree growing on the grounds at Fairchild Tropical Garden. Photo Credit: Jennifer Possley

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Fabaceae
State: PR, VI
Nature Serve ID: 138614
Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 04/01/1990

Description:

Erythrina eggersii is a spiny tree known only from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USFWS 1996). Currently, fewer than 75 plants remain in the wild (CPC 2002).

Where is Cock's-spur (Erythrina eggersii) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Erythrina eggersii is found on limestone formations In Puerto Rico.

Distribution:

Erythrina eggersii is located on Puerto Rico and St. John Island (U.S. Virgin Islands).

States & Provinces:

Cock's-spur can be found in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Which CPC Partners conserve Cock's-spur (Erythrina eggersii)?

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/19/17

Naples Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 03/02/23

The Huntington

Not Sponsored

Assigned 10/30/23

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Conservation Actions

Tina Stanley

05/11/2023

According to a March 2023 extract of the Florida Plant Rescue Database, Naples Botanical Garden holds 7 accessions of Erythrina eggersii.

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Four extant EOs with only 2 protected, total of less than 100 plants, but information is not recent (1983). Uncertainty about full range of the species. Inventory work is needed.

01/01/2010

Habitat destruction is the primary threat.

01/01/2010

On St. John Island, the species is known from four locations , all within the National Park (USFWS 1996). In Puerto Rico it is known from the northern Limestone Hills (USFWS 1996).

01/01/2010

None known.

01/01/2010

None known.

01/01/2010

Populations need to be identified and protected. Information on this species general biology and ecology would aid in conservation efforts.