Planta sapiens

The plant kingdom remains a mystery, even though we live surrounded by plants. For centuries, we have studied their influence on our environment and, yet, we continue to condemn them to a secondary role, to be a mere decorative element in our hectic lives. Although plants do not have brains or move like us, cutting-edge science is revealing surprising discoveries about them: they can learn, remember, communicate, recognize their peers, evaluate risks and make decisions, and they have something we could well define as personality. Planta sapiens offers a creative and bold perspective on plant biology and cognitive science. Based on experiments carried out with the most advanced technologies, this exciting essay invites us to think about the natural world in a radically different way.