Press
Plantalya, the verifiable version.
No press releases, no download milestones, no invented quotes. What follows is what the site actually contains, counted from the published content each time the site is built, plus the identity of the person and the company behind it.
Facts
Every number below is computed while the site is generated, by counting the content files that are live at that moment. None of them is a marketing figure, and they change with each build. Last build: 2026-10-07.
- 503
- plant guides published in English
- counted from the published content files at build time (2026-10-07)
- 110
- botanical families represented
- distinct families in the taxonomy block of the published guides
- 10
- languages served
- en, fr, es, it, nl, pl, pt, de, ro, cs: English at the root, the others under a language prefix
- 100
- distinct source domains cited
- unique hostnames across every source link in the published guides
We do not publish download, revenue or audience numbers here. If you need one for a story, ask us and we will point you to the platform that reports it.
Who is behind Plantalya
Plantalya is written and maintained by Allan Pissarello, its founder. There is no newsroom and no panel of reviewers: one person researches each species, writes the guide from named references, and signs it. That is a limitation worth stating plainly rather than dressing up, and it is why every page lists its sources and its last revision date.
What the site covers
One care guide per species: light, watering, soil, feeding, repotting, propagation, toxicity to pets, and the problems that species actually gets. Guides are grouped into an encyclopedia, a set of care topics, a pests and diseases section, plants by region, and free interactive tools (watering calculator, pet-safe plant finder, hardiness checker and others). A companion iOS and Android app is presented on the app page.
How the guides are written
Each guide is built from named botanical and horticultural references and lists them at the bottom of the page. The sourcing and correction process is documented in full in our editorial policy.
References most often cited, with the number of citations counted at build time:
- GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility: 503 citations
- Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: 454 citations
- Royal Horticultural Society: 434 citations
- ASPCA Animal Poison Control, plant toxicity: 260 citations
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Plant Finder: 169 citations
- USDA PLANTS Database: 18 citations
- US university extension services: 632 citations
Using our name and images
- Plantalya logo (PNG) , please use it unmodified, and do not recolour it.
- The name is written Plantalya, one word, capital P, no space and no hyphen.
- Screenshots shown on the app page may be reused for editorial coverage, with a credit to Plantalya.
- Plant photographs on the guides come from third parties under their own licences and are not cleared for reuse: ask us before republishing one.
Press contact
For interviews, fact-checking, a demo of the app, or a correction to something already published about us:
[email protected]Plantalya is a one-person project, so we cannot promise a response time, but we answer journalists before anything else, and we would rather give you a sourced "we don't know" than an impressive number we cannot back up.