Selaginella lepidophylla is the scientific name for the plant more commonly known as Resurrection Plant, Rose of Jericho, or Siempre Viva (Everlasting). Selaginella comes from selago, the Latin name for a type of Juniper. It means Little Juniper.. Lepidophylla is Latin for scaly-leaved.
Mitosis versus meiosis. Cells divide and reproduce in two ways, mitosis and meiosis. Mitosis results in two identical daughter cells, whereas meiosis results in four sex cells. Below we highlight the keys differences and similarities between the two types of cell division.
Mitosis is a type of cell division by binary fission (splitting in two) which occurs in certain eukaryotic cells. Functions of mitosis: 1  Mitosis generates new body cells (somatocytes) for renewal and repair.  During development and growth new cells in the developing embryo are produced by mitosis.