Robinia sensu lato From before the publication of the Species PIantarum (Linnaeus 1753) to the middle of the nineteenth century, many taxa were named in the genus Robinia. During this period, many leguminous trees with odd-pinnately compound leaves, racemose inflorescences, and diadelphous stamens were placed in the genus Robinia, including plants of not only North, Central, and South American distribution, but also plants of the Eastern Hemisphere