The word "maculation" is usable in written English and is well written.
It can be used in contexts related to marking, staining, or spotting, often in a literary or formal sense. Example: "The artist's work was characterized by the maculation of vibrant colors against a muted background." Alternatives include "staining" or "spotting."
Wang, a common and widespread congener of South China, but differs in the conspicuous white maculation along the veins (vs. inconspicuous maculation in the latter species).
Leaves photographed in the field to show varied and complex foliar maculation patterns on both surfaces.
Etymology The specific epithet is derived from the white maculation along the veins.
Interestingly, none of these latter three species have the white maculation along the veins.
Coelocentrum from Vietnam, some with very handsome maculation pattern and/or attractive leaf texture and an unusual new species of sect.
Begonia sykakiengii, with its magnificent colorful foliage that are either dotted or forming patches or ring maculation on the upper side, and gorgeous purplish red beneath, may be considered one of Panay's most handsome native species.
The new species is also similar to B. pengii S. M. Ku & Yan Liu in leaf maculation pattern, vestiture, and hirsute ovaries, differing by the leaf basifixed (vs. peltate); bract margin denticulate and glandular (vs. denticulate and ciliate).
Begonia locii resembles B. luochengensis S.M. Ku, C.-I Peng & Yan Liu from Guangxi, China in leaf shape and maculation pattern, but is clearly distinct from the latter in the percurrent and spiderweb-like leaf venation (vs. pinnate) near the attachment of the petioles; upper leaf surface densely covered with small raised cones (vs. nearly flat); and hirsute (vs. glabrous) ovaries.
If anything, Mr. Kucinich spares the Karzai cartel and his family the public maculation they've truly earned.
We scored the average degree of eggshell maculation from photographs of all the specimens.
Yet, both pigmentation and maculation are frequently expressed traits and, among the extant species we sampled, almost two-thirds had maculated eggs.
