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.
Cells created through mitosis can also be used to  replace old cells (tissue repair). Mitosis is also important in  relation to understanding cancer.    Mitosis replicates somatic cells in the body. The only exceptions  are brain cells (neurons) and sex cells (which replicate via  meiosis).