The robinioids are one of the four major clades (along with the genisitoids, dalbergioids and millettioids) in subfamily Faboideae of the plant family Fabaceae (Leguminosae).

Species in this clade share a unique determinate root nodule structure.

The clade is predicted to have diverged from the other legume lineages 48.3±1.0 million years ago (in the Eocene).

[1] Only two tribes (Loteae and Robinieae) were traditionally included in clade robinioids.

[2] Tribe Robinieae is primarily in tropical and arid temperate areas, containing mostly trees and shrubs of New World.