parent_taxon rhodochiton
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects , as houseplants , for cut flowers and specimen display . The cultivation of these , called floriculture , forms a major branch of horticulture . The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent . It is bounded on the northeast , north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States , on the southwest and south by Mexico , and on the southeast by Cuba . The U . S . states of ___MASK60___ , Florida , Louisiana , Mississippi and Texas border the Gulf on the north , which are often referred to as the " Third Coast " in comparison with the U . S . Atlantic and Pacific coasts , or sometimes the " south coast ", in juxtaposition to the Great Lakes region being the " north coast ." One of the gulf ' s seven main ___MASK72___ is the Gulf of Mexico basin . Floriculture , or flower farming , is a discipline of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for gardens and for floristry , comprising the floral industry . The development , via ___MASK99___ breeding , of new varieties is a major occupation of floriculturists . Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art , science , technology , and business of growing plants . It includes the cultivation of medicinal plants , fruits , vegetables , nuts , seeds , herbs , sprouts , mushrooms , algae , flowers , seaweeds and non - food crops such as grass and ornamental trees and plants . It also includes ___MASK99___ conservation , landscape restoration , landscape and garden design , construction , and maintenance , and arboriculture . Inside agriculture , horticulture contrasts with extensive field farming as well as animal husbandry . A houseplant is a ___MASK99___ that is grown indoors in places such as residences and offices . Houseplants are commonly grown for decorative purposes , positive psychological effects , keeping fresh or health reasons such as indoor air purification . Plants used in this fashion are most commonly , though not always , tropical or semi - tropical epiphytes , succulents or cacti . In biology , an organism is any contiguous living system , such as an ___MASK66___ , ___MASK99___ , fungus , archaeon , or bacterium . All known types of organisms are capable of some degree of response to stimuli , reproduction , growth and development and homeostasis . An organism consists of one or more cells ; when it has one cell it is known as a unicellular organism ; and when it has more than one it is known as a multicellular organism . Most unicellular organisms are of microscopic scale and are thus loosely described as microorganisms . Humans are multicellular organisms composed of many trillions of cells grouped into specialized tissues and organs . Toluca , officially called Toluca de Lerdo , is the state capital of State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca . It is the center of a rapidly growing urban ___MASK47___ , now the fifth largest in Mexico . It is located west - southwest of Mexico City , about 40 minutes by car to the western edge of the city . According to the 2010 census , the city of Toluca has a population of 819 , 561 . The city is the fifth largest in Mexico in population . The municipality of Toluca , along with thirteen other municipalities , make up the metropolitan population of 1 , 775 , 337 in Greater Toluca , making it the fifth most populous metropolitan ___MASK47___ in Mexico . A genus ( genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms in biology . In the hierarchy of biological classification , genus comes above species and below family . In binomial nomenclature , the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus . Guadalajara is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Jalisco , and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara . The city is in the central region of Jalisco in the Western - Pacific ___MASK47___ of Mexico . With a population of 1 , 495 , 189 it is Mexico ' s fourth most populous municipality . The Guadalajara Metropolitan ___MASK47___ includes seven adjacent municipalities with a reported population of 4 , 328 , 584 in 2009 , making it the second most populous metropolitan ___MASK47___ in Mexico , behind Mexico City . The municipality is the second most densely populated in Mexico , the first being Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl in the State of Mexico . It is a strong business and economic center in the Bajio region . Guatemala City , locally known as Guatemala or Guate , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala , and the most populous in Central America . The city is located in the south - central part of the country , nestled in a mountain valley called Valle de ___MASK88___ Ermita . In 2009 , it had a population of 1 , 075 , 000 . Guatemala City is also the capital of the local Municipality of Guatemala and of the Guatemala Department . Monterrey , is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León , in Mexico . The city is anchor to the third - largest metropolitan ___MASK47___ in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth - largest city in the nation . Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the base of many significant international corporations . ___MASK11___ is a genus of flowering plants within the family ___MASK5___ , native to southern Mexico and neighbouring Guatemala . They climb by means of twining leaf stalks . One of the three species , ___MASK11___ atrosanguineus , the purple bell vine , is grown as an ornamental ___MASK99___ . All three species are sometimes included in ___MASK79___ . Bean is a common name for large seeds of several genera of the flowering ___MASK99___ family Fabaceae ( also known as Leguminosae ) which are used for human or animal food . The ___MASK5___ is a family of flowering plants , commonly known as the figwort family . The plants are annual and perennial herbs , as well as one genus of shrubs . Flowers have bilateral ( zygomorphic ) or rarely radial ( actinomorphic ) symmetry . Members of the ___MASK5___ have a cosmopolitan distribution , with the majority found in temperate ___MASK72___ , including tropical mountains . The family name is based on the name of the included genus " Scrophularia " L .. ___MASK20___ , the plantain family , is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales . The type genus is " Plantago " L .. Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that constitute the family ___MASK24___ . They are among the smallest of birds , most species measuring . Indeed , the smallest extant ___MASK6___ species is a hummingbird , the 5 - cm bee hummingbird weighing less than a U . S . penny ( 2 . 5 g ). ___MASK79___ is a genus of herbaceous perennial climbers or scramblers , native to mountainous regions of Mexico and Guatemala . Those that climb use twining leaf stalks . Their flowers are tubular , in shades of red , violet and purple , the larger flowers being pollinated by hummingbirds . Now placed in the greatly expanded family ___MASK20___ , the genus was traditionally placed in the Scrophulariaceae . The close relationship with some other genera , particularly " Maurandya " and " Rhodochiton ", has led to confusion over the names of some species . Binomial nomenclature ( also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature ) is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts , both of which use Latin grammatical forms , although they can be based on words from other languages . Such a name is called a binomial name ( which may be shortened to just " binomial "), a binomen or a scientific name ; more informally it is also called a Latin name . The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs ; the second part identifies the species within the genus . For example , humans belong to the genus " ___MASK48___ " and within this genus to the species " ___MASK48___ sapiens ". The " formal " introduction of this system of naming species is credited to Carl Linnaeus , effectively beginning with his work " Species Plantarum " in 1753 . But Gaspard Bauhin , in as early as 1623 , had introduced in his book " Pinax theatri botanici " ( English , " Illustrated exposition of plants ") many names of genera that were later adopted by Linnaeus . Guatemala (, or ), officially the Republic of Guatemala , is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west , the Pacific Ocean to the southwest , Belize to the northeast , the Caribbean to the east , Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast . With an estimated population of around 15 . 8 million , it is the most populated state in Central America . A representative democracy , Guatemala ' s capital and largest city is Nueva Guatemala de ___MASK88___ Asunción , also known as Guatemala City . Mexico (, modern Nahuatl ), officially the United Mexican States , is a federal republic in the southern half of North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the Caribbean Sea ; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico . Covering almost two million square kilometers ( over 760 , 000 sq mi ), Mexico is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total ___MASK47___ and the 13th largest independent nation in the world . With an estimated population of over 120 million , it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world while being the second most populous country in Latin America . Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city . Other metropolises include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana and León .