-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Monocots (Class Liliopsida)​

-Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)

-​Grasses (Family Poaceae)

-Bristlegrasses, Bluestems, Paspalums, and Allies (Subfamily Panicoideae)

-Bristlegrasses, Rosette Grasses, Barnyard Grasses, and Allies (Tribe Paniceae)

-Tribe Cynodonteae

-Crowsfoot Grasses (Genus Dactyloctenium)

-Durban Crowfoot (Dactyloctenium aegyptium)

Durban crowfoot grass was named after the flower and fruit resemblace to a crows foot. The seedhead is formed by 3 to 5 spikelets that radiate from a center point, resembling the crow's foot.