The detection and recognition of plants has always been a difficult task even for connoisseurs and scholars due to the wide variety of plants found worldwide. With the advancement of technology, it has become possible to solve this problem computationally. This paper presents a method to perform plant detection and recognition from images using computer vision and artificial intelligence algorithms. The results show that the computational cost and recognition rate were satisfactory for use in controlled environments. The processing time to recognize each plant was 375 milliseconds, with an accuracy of 92%.